2nd Grade: Today we reviewed the 4 types of sentences and learned the famous sentence jingle from Shurley English Grammar. Today was a lot of information for some and not enough for others. That's ok. Remembering, a lot of times IEW can seem like you are drinking from a fire hose; what gets in will and what doesn't won't matter. This week- Please practice the sentence jingle and know the 5 parts of a sentence. Please re read the story of Goldilocks from the IEW book and answer the questions from Story Sequence Chart section 1. The questions are meant to generate thoughts and ideas about the story. Please have your 2nd grader do this with you orally and you can dictate their answers into a Key Word Outline (KWO). On Thursday or Friday, please work together to create ONE paragraph about the characters & setting of Goldilocks. We will continue to work through the Story Sequence Chart and section 2 next week and then section 3 the following week. Please have your student bring a hand written copy of their story to class on 9/27. Remember, it is completely acceptable to have your student answer questions orally and you be the recorder. Modeling & imitating are KEY to learning any new skill. 3-5th Graders: Thank you to all three of these classes for your flexibility and patience as we adjusted for a guest speaker in science today. The 3rd graders had a 5 parts of a sentence quiz and the 4&5th graders had an IEW vocab quiz. Today was the first day we turned in a Final Polished Copy. It is important for your child to hand write a final draft before there is any mention of typing. Third graders, please do not type your papers until after Christmas Break. Your parent may type them for you, you may type some of it, but please do not add that to your plate right now. Fourth & Fifth grade, you are to still hand write a final copy before you have it typed or type it yourself. We reviewed -ly adverbs and introduced who/which clauses in class. Ask your student to about how squirrels eat nuts. Please do not require a new dress up until the previous one is done easily. Using a dress up easily means that it is done with minimal help. Keep that in mind. I may introduce a new dress up to the class, but if you as a parent require or modify the checklist that is completely up to you. I will upload the KWO about ziggurats so you can refer to it at home. Please have 3&4th graders work through this lesson (pages 27-35) and bring back a final, polished copy of Ziggurats next week. 5th graders- please work through Lesson 3 (pages 27-35) and complete the KWO , paragraph, and final drafts for BOTH Ziggurats and The Tower of Babel. Don't forget to keep up on the IEW vocab cards. Great job to so many of you! Keep up the good work! This adverb video is not the School House Rocks Lolly adverbs song. However, this video is very informative and helps students to think about the questions that adverbs answer. None of the classes got to sentences 4-7 in the KWO. I wanted to include it just as a guide. Sentence 4 is meant to read "The ziggurat had 7 layers, each layer smaller than the one below it." Sentence number 6 reads "At the top they placed a table and bed for the moon god in case he visited. "
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Kelli HeacockThe Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) equips teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent communicators and thinkers. Archives
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