Thirty-First Day

If memory serves correctly, (we had several false starts) 2 students made it through seminar today before our earthquake drill. Behavior (from our class) was very good during the drill. That brings our total to 10 through seminar. We listened to our weekly oral vocabulary story "Roberto Clemente" today and learned why he was a true American hero. We used clues from the story to determine the author's purpose for writing the story. We blended words with final consonant blends. We read a high-frequency word story called I Like to Help. We wrote a personal narrative journal entry about doing something with a friend.

We took the Topic 5 test today. With 24 students taking the test, 21 passed with a score of 16 or better. Three students earned a perfect score, 3 earned 21, 7 earned 20, 2 earned 19, and 4 earned 18. Tests will be in backpacks tomorrow.

P.S. Slip-on shoes still coming off.

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Week Preview and Home Project Idea

The last instructional segment of our unit on All About Us will center on what we like to do with friends. Our robust vocabulary words include: focused, offer, charity, admire, and challenging. In phonics we will focus on final consonant blends ('-nd', '-st', '-ng', and '-nk'). In social studies, we will also discuss symbols of the United States. In science we will continue our work with forms of matter.

Election day will soon be upon us and in order to mark this date (Nov. 8th) we will be holding our very own election for class president complete with speeches. If your child is interested in holding the office of class president, please help them to formulate a speech which they might deliver to the class on this date. I will tape the speeches, as usual, using an Apple program. They can easily be transferred to a flash drive for those interested parents.