iReady Diagnostic: This is a powerful tool helping us understand our areas of growth as readers.
Wellness Wednesday: Our focus was on continuing to develop our class community.
Find and Fix: We'll be doing a series of sentence revision exercises throughout the school year. Expect to see bi-weekly Find and Fix entries in Aeries.
Review your Aeries grade book. All assignments thus far have been for completion credit. If your grade is lower than you expected, then take a moment to check what is missing. Once you've completed the work, please email me.
All work and materials are available in Google Classroom. Please check the classwork tab for detailed instructions.
This week we're finalizing our class norms and sharing more about ourselves. Thank you for your thoughtful contributions to creating a healthy classroom. I've really enjoyed looking at your 6-Word Memoirs.
We wrote an analysis benchmark essay, which will help us develop our goals for ourselves as writers.
This week we're working on:
Finishing and reflecting on our 6-Word Memoirs.
Responding to "Masks" and "Underface" by Shel Silverstein and reflect on what these poems mean.
We'll be starting our independent reading program soon, so make sure you have a book chosen for when we start.
All work and materials are available in Google Classroom. Please check the classwork tab for detailed instructions.
Our focus this week and next, is developing our classroom community and getting to know each other.
Find a book for independent reading.