Weekly Update

Why are we adding such detail? One of our third grade student's is out for a bit. (We miss you!) It was good to hear your voice. Your homework plans have been faxed.

1.  Home Reading Log record 4 summaries or reflections.
2. Spelling Contract is on our Blog:
3. Spelling list on Spelling City.com Pretest: Monday in class, students rewrite each missed spelling word and bring home the quiz with a spelling contract. Remember to practice your Missing words.Ask a friend or relative to read you work to make sure that all words are correct and sentences make sense. Each spelling word must be underlined each time it appears. Choose 4 activities and complete by Friday: 
4. Writing Assignments are on the Blog

Ferry Terminal

We are writing about the recent Cold Weather (We had unusual cold temperatures, it dropped to 2 degrees)

StepUpToWriting Steps. It's an organizational tool. (Step Up Reference Sheet.pdf)
Students used colored strips of paper to organize their paragraph.

Green Strip: Write a topic sentence.

Yellow Strip: Give a reason, detail or fact. Use a transition.

Red Strip: Explain, Give an example.

Green Strip: Remind the reader of your topic.

Then students will use  Page 22 to write their paragraph

They used one of the following hooks for their topic sentence

• Dialogue  "Remember you hat and gloves," said Mom.
•  A question     How did it get so cold?
• A vivid description    You can see the snow sparkling in the sun.
•  An interesting fact    We are about to break a record!  In 1946 the temperatures dipped to -4.
•  Sound effect   Woosh, Brrr,