Jumping Right In....

Jumping Right in.......

     Week 2 found our students jumping in to a lot of routines and procedures for our school year.  In English Language Arts we have established our homework routine.  Every night a reading skill will go home to be practiced.  We have taken a slow and easy approach on other pieces of homework so far, and all work is completed in school at this point.  Occasionally, your student will need to "catch up" on any work that was not completed in school (usually because of band lessons) or just because they need to get used to managing their time during class.  Here is a very quick run-down on the happenings in 303.  Yes, we are jumping right in!

     Vocabulary:  We have started our first lesson in Vocabulary, called "Flower Power".  It focuses on the Latin roots, flor, dendr, foli and foil, and the many words that stem from those roots. 

     Grammar:  We have studied and worked with Capitalization and have taken notes about the six rules of capitalization.

     Literature:  We have started to look into "Story Vocabulary"  (Plot, Setting, Protagonist, Antagonist, Complications).  We discussed these terms in relation to a well known story, "Little Red Riding Hood"and took notes in our journals.

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