April 24

We finished our unit on weather an seasons. The students wrote a 6 paragraph opinion essay on their favorite season. They did super job. We are so close to being finished with the DRA testing. Every student made progress. We took a  Pre Test on 3 digit addition. We still have a few that need some more work.  The students animal reports are due Friday May 1st. The requirements are on my blog sight and have been sent home 3 weeks in a row with homework. I hope you all have a great week.

April 17th

We had fun sharing our habitats with the 1st and 2nd graders. We have finally finished writing our "Twisted Fairy Tales" and will be putting them up in the hall. We are also making a class book for everyone to read. In math we finished our place value to the 1000's. We are still working on measurement and will start on 3 digit addition on Monday.  We also are going to start taking our last DRA in second grade next week.

April 3

ANIMAL REPORT REQUIREMENTS

Due May 1

COVER PAGE:

            TITLE

            PICTURE

            AUTHOR

TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE

            CHAPTER HEADINGS

            PAGE NUMBER

 4 CHAPTERS: (possible choices-you only need 4, you can choose different ones then suggested) NEED: INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH, 3 SUPPORTING IDEA PARAGRAPHS (WITH 3 DETILS EACH), CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH. This is how we learned it in school. I know that it is not always possible to do a 5-paragraph essay for each chapter. Try to do at least 1 chapter this way. The students will get full credit for each chapter if they have a topic and 3 supporting details.  

SUGGESTED TOPICS:

INTRODUCION

BABIES

ADULTS

FOOD

SHELTER

HABITAT

WHERE THEY LIVE

PROTECT THEMSELVES

LIFE CYCLE

INTERESTING FACTS

GLOSSARY

             3 WORDS AND DEFINITIONS these are your bolded words in the text of your             report

INDEX

             3 IMPORTANT WORDS AND PAGES YOU WILL FIND THEM

ILLUSTRATION (you can draw your own picture)

LABLES (1-2 words can be on a picture, illustration, map or diagram.)

DIAGRAM

PHOTOGRAPH (does not need to be colored)

CAPTION (At least 1 sentence. Can be on picture, illustration, map, or diagram.)

HEADER (title)

BOLD PRINT (In your text, a word in your glossary, you can highlight them if you are writing it out by hand.)

MAP