Grade 6-- Reading with Grade 1

During one of our class sessions, the Grade 6 students were each able to read to a small group of Grade 1 students. The Grade 6 students were really nervous about doing this, and didn't quite know what to expect. It was very entertaining to observe how the Grade 6 students interacted with the Grade 1's. The little ones were definitely more critical and vocal then the Grade 6 students thought they would be-- but I think that everyone learned something. It was a good experience for both groups of students, and I hope that it will happen again very soon.

Grade 2- Three Billy Goats Gruff (continued)

Grade 2 students are still working with the story of THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF.

This week the students will travel to three new stations; creating reader's theater props, nonfiction reading about goats (practicing fluency), and writing (summarizing, editing stories, making words, and describing characters).

Homework will be sent home each day -- and needs to be completed in order to advance through the stations that are set up. Please practice reading, reviewing, or writing with your child (using the EAL journals that are being sent home).

Grade 1-- Hickory Dickory Dock

We ended the Green Eggs and Ham stations with a tangram activity-- students retold the story using tangrams depicting the story elements.

THIS WEEK: Grade 1 students are working with still practicing rhymes and short vowel sounds. We will be working with nursery rhymes and poems-- as a way to practice and review new English words.

The first station involves an introduction to new words, whole group sorting of these words (with explanations as to why they are placed in the chosen categories), an exploration of how the words fit together, and a group challenge to create a story or rhyme using the words. At the end of this station students will be familiar with all the words in "Hickory Dickory Dock". Their homework will be to practice and learn the rhyme for the next lesson.



You can practice with your child-- they have to rhyme in their journals/notebooks.

Grade 6-- Among the Hidden

Chapters 1-3 -- In these chapters Luke and his family life have been introduced. What are your thoughts about the main character so far?

1. How would you feel if you were Luke?
2. What would you do to make your situation better?

Grade 9-- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Grade 9 students have just been introduced to their next novel. Predictions have been made, discussions started, and background knowledge is being built. Students will receive their books this week and should begin reading nightly.

Grade 2- Three Billy Goats Gruff

Students are finishing their summaries of the story-- they will be identifying all the story elements on their final drafts. The final drafts are due on SUNDAY, please remind your child to complete the summary if he/she has not done so already.

Grade 1-- Green Eggs and Ham

In class, Grade 1 will be reading and having fun with Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham.  Students will be practicing with rhyming words, sequencing stories, and role playing (speaking).

It would be helpful if the students were reading the book at home as well.  Please click on the link to read the online book with your child; read it out loud, role play, pick out the words that rhyme, talk about other words that rhyme with the words in the story, and HAVE FUN with the book.

Green Eggs and Ham

As a special treat, watch the animated cartoon!

PYP- Grade 2

Students in Grade 2 are working with the story-- The Three Billy Goats Gruff. They are working on fluency, expression, identifying story elements, and using context clues. All of the students have read the story within small groups, independently, and online (listening and following along), so they should be able to tell you about it (in detail) at home.