Hi, we have started a personal narrative piece in literacy class. The topic is a place that is important to me. The students are learning to organize their ideas using an ABC format. Under each letter they will try to post one sight, sound, smell, sound or feeling about a place that is important and interesting to them. The purpose of any narrative is to entertain the reader and share in this case a personal experience.

Having had practice using common, proper, general, specific, and plural nouns, as well as, the rules of capitalization we are now moving to grammar lessons on subjet and nouns forming a complete sentence.

Structures of Life

We are starting a unit investigating plant and animals. We'll be teaching the children about the steps in a scientific investigation. We'll encorporate some data collection and how to use the tools of median mode, and range. The children love this unit. We'll have crayfish in a fish tank that are fascinating. We'll grow bean seeds hydroponically through the complete cycle of the flowering plant.

one week to conferences

We're headed for conference week. Remember there will be no late start that Monday. Kids will be leaving the building at 11:45. They can have lunch as usual or they can eat their lunch at home.