Wednesday September 1, 2010

It's a new month! Here is what we did today and yesterday in class. 

FOR BOTH 4a and 4b :
Students : I hope you liked the "Apples Apples" Poem! I want you to understand the difference between a story and a poem.  Think about rhyming words. Look at these words for example:

ten - pen - hen - men  

too -  you - new - threw

me - see - be - he

more - core - sore - bore

See how these words rhyme?  Practice with more words!

**In class we made cards.  In each card students wrote down a personal promise for them, but also for me, an for you (parents).  They wrote "I will be THE BEST I can be!" .  This is their behavior card.  If they are in their best behavior, students will receive a 20/20 for their daily behavior grade, and on the back of the card, they receive a star.
Behavior Warnings are as follows :
Fighting - 0/20
Talking, shouting, not raising hands - X
If you receive more than 3 X's in a period, I will talk to the student's parents and to Ms. Rania.

Section 4a 

I want to remind students about NOUNS and VERBS.  You need both for an English sentence!! I want you to know that Verbs are ACTIONS and Nouns are places, things, people, animals or names.
4A : You got a worksheet today in class! You had to underline all the nouns in the sentence!  Many of you did a very very good job with that.  Tomorrow, I will give you your worksheets back, and we will practice with Verbs.

Please come to class with colored pencils if you can!

Section 4b 

I gave you a worksheet with "Action Verbs" and you had to circle the verbs.  Tomorrow you will get a worksheet on nouns.  Nouns are not actions! We will practice more with this tomorrow :)

PARENTS

 This week I wanted to welcome students with an easy poem, and review a little bit of grammar.  Next week, we will start using the Bright Star books.  We will also do more comprehension and writing exercises.