Thursday's Agenda

There have been a few minor issues this week with behavior. Please remind students that even as the weather get nicer we are expected to conduct ourselves appropriately. We can all feel the end of the year approaching but we do have A LOT of work to do. Next week starts our final round of M-class reading assessments. This is the last time we have to assess reading levels. Please remind students to read each word and listen for if it sounds right and makes sense. We are also going to doing a lot of written responses since so many students are reading on such high levels! We are going to need to remember to use our smart cookie strategies to get proficient on our responses. We are doing great but we have to keep going!!
Hugs,
Mrs. Del Balzo

May 7, 2009
9:20 – 9:30 – Mrs. Del Balzo will go over our agenda and the word of the month. We will read a letter from Mrs. Del Balzo and fix mistakes!

9:30 – 10:15 – Guided Reading
All groups will complete a fill in the blank sheet for word wall words.
Group 1 – We will put our words in ABC order. We will review our story and finish writing our response to the question, “ Do you think monkey was the laziest character in the story?”
Group 2 – We will put our words in ABC order. We will review the story and finish writing our responses to the question, “Do you think License Plates is a good title for the story?”
Group 3 – We put our words in ABC order. Then we will reread our story on homes and put together sentences about animals and where they live.

10:15 – 11:10 – Whole Group Reading and Writing
We read a new folktale and chart the elements of a story as a whole group. In small groups we will create a new story based on the elements of a folktale. While another group is finishing writing their speeches on note cards.

11:10 – 12:50 –PHYSICAL EDUCATION/ Lunch / Recess

12:50 – 1:10 – We will copy our homework for the evening and go over our language sentences from the morning.














PM Class 1:10 – 3:10

1:10 – 1:30 – We will go over language sentences and write down our homework for the evening.

1:30 – 2:15 Guided Reading
Group 1 1:35 – 1:50– We will review our word wall words and orally practice our BCR response again before writing using our smart cookie strategy.
Group 2 –1:15 – 2:05 - We will review our word wall words and orally practice our BCR response before we write using our smart cookie strategy.
Group 3 – 2:05 – 2:20 - We will review our word wall words and orally practice our BCR response one more time before we write using our smart cookie strategy.


2:20 – 3:15 – Whole Group Reading and Writing
Will finish writing our story in teams and then share with the class. We will meet in small groups to finish our poetry anthologies and folktale speeches. Anyone that finishes their speeches may begin writing them on note cards.