Happy Monday!

Should be a happier Monday for my Redskin readers - happier than next week at least...

We began our author study with Mrs. Rose, the media specialist today. We will be visiting the media center on Monday and Wednesday afternoons for the next two weeks to learn about Cynthia Rylant.

In reading we discussed how characters change throughout a story and explored how character behaviors can often predict how they may react to a similar situation later in the story. I met with every group today so look for homework tonight to support this lesson. In their writing journals they were asked to answer the question, "How did the main character change from the beginning of the story to the end?" Reading journal entries are graded on a weekly basis so please look for feedback/grades as they come home.

In math we reviewed how to compose a written explanation tied to place value as you likely noticed from last week's quiz. In addition, we continued working with estimation of addition/subtraction problems in story problems.

Math Homework:

p. 43 odd (most students)
Subtraction worksheet with estimation in the last column (small group follow-up)

In writing, we began writing a personal narrative using a specific memory of their choice. We will share these in class later in the week.

Hopefully I will see many of you at Back to School night tomorrow!