Happy Valentines Day!! We had a fantastic day today. Seeing students read all of the compliments that others wrote for them warmed my heart. I love the time I get to spend with this group of Challengers!

Reading

Challengers are continuing to read different informational text structures . This week we are focusing on problem and solution. We will be finishing this trimester with both reading and writing assessments.  

 

Assessments

Challengers will be assessed in reading, writing, and math this week. Due to this schedule change we will not have spelling or math practice for homework. Students will be given their reading logs.

Celebration

Challengers have successfully filled our classroom jar again! We are still waiting on a couple of votes. Please stay tuned for our celebration update…

We will be finishing our read aloud book Shiloh. Next week we will be watching the movie version and writing a comparison piece.

I apologize for the typo sent home on Friday. We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Friday, February 14th, not Tuesday.  For Valentine’s Day students will be asked to write a compliment for each of their classmates. Much like the evidence we collect to support character traits in reading I will be asking students to identify a classmate’s trait. They will need to support why they feel a peer is helpful, kind, responsible, respectful, caring, etc….

Example: The Challengers are a hard working group of kids because of the effort they put into their classwork.

Students will be given a class list. They may write their compliments on slips of paper, index cards, sticky notes, etc.. This is a voluntary activity that I hope everyone decides to participate in. In order to give students time to write their compliments they may choose to substitute their compliment writing for math or reading work this week .  We will exchange compliments on Friday, February 14th. 

We are also collecting empty tissue boxes. We will be using the boxes  for our Monster Valentine creations..