February 11 - 15Dear Parents,
I hope you had a great weekend-- an extra long weekend coming up! Remember there is no school this Friday, next Monday, and next Tuesday (Dolvin RFF Day). Topics this week: Reading AND Writing: We are continuing to create goals, read uninterruptedly in class, and answer questions with our book club books! Thank you so much for supporting your child's love of reading by talking with them about their book selection. Last week we reviewed non fiction text features. We went on a "hunt" to find text features such as the table of contents, index, glossary, bold words, graphs, tables, etc. We also analyzed these text features and discussed the author's purpose in putting these features in a non-fiction text. For our essays, we have narrowed down our topics and taken notes on how to write an introduction. Students will complete their own introductions and begin taking notes on their three ideas that will be their body paragraphs this week. Language Arts: We will review prior knowledge about synonyms and antonyms. We will also work on using context clues when coming across unknown vocabulary words. Finally, we will begin touch on Greek and Latin affixes (prefixes and suffixes). We will start with the affix CHRON since it means time and we are learning about the chronological order text structure. Reminders:
That's all for now! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns by emailing me directly at [email protected]. Have a wonderful week! Jenn Shaffer Dolvin Elementary School E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://mrsjennshaffer.weebly.com Twitter: @mrsjennshaffer Comments are closed.
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Mrs. ShafferMy name is Jennifer Shaffer. I have been teaching for 16 years now. I have taught a variety of different grades and levels. I graduated from the University of Alabama with my undergraduate degree. While there I did my student teaching abroad in Australia. After college I loved learning so much that I continued my studies at Piedmont College where I got my Master in Early Childhood Education and my Specialist in Teaching and Learning. I have taught at a variety of schools around Georgia and have had many experiences to observe in unique classrooms. In 2008 I went with the Japanese Consulate to Japan to study their educational system and culture through the International Educators to Japan (IEJ). Weekly E-mail/BlogArchives
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