I trust everyone had a great and hopefully restful break. The kiddos came back READY to go! 
It was a short week but we got a lot of things accomplished in those few days.
Communication Arts- We worked on character development. The students learned that understanding a character’s thoughts and actions are not always stated in a text. However, they must infer to develop understanding. The students also were forced to write down their thoughts about a character and used details from the text to support their understanding.
Writing-We are starting a new genre of writing. This week we began learning how to write fictional narratives. Yesterday, student reviewed how to write a “road-map” and today they began their first pieces. The concept of how to write a narrative should be similar to their personal narratives. However, we discussed the differences in these two types of writing.
Math-We are continuing to work on multiplication. Keep working on those fast facts at home. The kids are working toward a banana split party. When a students passes their:
1′s-a bowl
2′s-spoon
3′s-scoop of ice cream
4′s-scoop of ice cream
5′s on up-a topping
*Next Tuesday, January 10th is hat day. For the cost of 1 non-perishable food item, your student can wear his/her hat.
