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Snapshot for January 16
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This week, we began our novel study, Tales of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. Both classes have completed chapters 1-10 and next week, will complete chapters 11-15. There will be a quiz over chapters 1-15 on Tuesday, January 23. A study guide will be sent home next week. Next week, we will continue to review the reading skills identifying theme and character traits. Our upcoming skills are going to be determining the main idea, making an inference, and drawing conclusions. Please see the links below for optional skills practice over these concepts.
This week, we began our novel study, Tales of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. Both classes have completed chapters 1-10 and next week, will complete chapters 11-15. There will be a quiz over chapters 1-15 on Tuesday, January 23. A study guide will be sent home next week. Next week, we will continue to review the reading skills identifying theme and character traits. Our upcoming skills are going to be determining the main idea, making an inference, and drawing conclusions. Please see the links below for optional skills practice over these concepts.
In writing, we continue to review contractions as we move on to focus on possessive nouns and pronouns. There will be a graded assignment on possessive nouns and pronouns on Friday, January 19. Please see the links below for optional skills practice over these concepts.
This week students started working on a composition describing their hero and the traits their hero possesses. Students will have time to complete this composition next week. It will be due on Friday, January 19. Students will then start their Fractured Fairy Tale Project. Students will create and write their own Fractured Fairy Tale. Please see the snapshot email to access the rubric.
For homework, we will have our 100 minutes of at home reading assignment due on Monday, January 22. Please see the snapshot email for the new spelling list. The spelling homework and the quiz will be due on Friday, January 19. Spelling City Certificates can also be submitted by email to my email address. We do NOT have a TimeForKids assignment this week.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
+ Rachel Fendley
3rd Grade ELAR Teacher
Kimberlin Academy
Reminders:
January 15 – No school- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 16 &18 – Fendley/Osborn Middle of the Year MAP Testing – bring a light jacket for the lab.
January 22 – Spring Explorers classes start! 3rd grade afterschool tutoring resumes!
January 24 – Class Pictures
January 29 & 30 – Mock STAAR! --- No Lunch Visitors.
Helpful Links:
Spelling City: https://www.spellingcity.com/RMLittre/
Online Resources for Skills Practice:
· Reading Skills Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
· Reading Skills: Main Idea
· Possessive Nouns:
o Flocabulary (Link takes you to Ready Hub where you can access it)
· Contractions:
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