ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS We have really hit our stride in ELA! Some of the things we've been working on in grammar include finding the subject and predicate of a sentence and using commas in a list. These are skills that are given a quick assessment on the Friday mentor sentence paper. We will continue to review these skills throughout the year. In reading we have jumped into a study of myths. Our main focus will be Greek myths, with the goal of learning about allusions in language...those phrases we use which allude to a myth or story. Children are working on leveled stories that will introduce one of these allusions. We will continue with this study of myths for a few more weeks. Spelling and vocabulary are well underway with a weekly rotation between the two. On the week your child does not have a spelling list to study, we are doing vocabulary work at school. This study focuses on two things...shades of meaning of a word, and prefixes. Finally, in writing, we have begun the preliminary work for our fictional narratives. Students have begun brainstorming small moments in their lives that might spark a fictional story, as well as thinking of "stories we wish existed". See below for some photos of our work on subjects and predicates! Questions to ask your child: *What does Shades of Meaning mean? *Do you have an idea for your fictional narrative yet? *What myth are you reading? SOCIAL STUDIES We have been working to understand the difference between primary and secondary sources, which will be used throughout the year as we study Ohio and American history. Then we moved on to a lesson about how Ohio contributes to the economic development of the United States. We discussed such things as our natural resources (water, minerals, forests), farms, manufacturing, and transportation. Finally, students read about how modifying the environment with such things as dams, destroying wetlands, and cutting down forests, can have both positive and negative consequences. Questions to ask your child: *Give me an example of a primary source and a secondary source. *What is your opinion about the effect of dams on the environment? FIELD TRIP TO CAESAR CREEK It was a beautiful day for a field trip! From our study of fossils with the Park Ranger, to the hike with our guide Shawnee, and the digging through pond sludge, students were engaged and learning! After lunch and recess on an awesome playground, we drove out to the fossil bed to hunt fossils! Students were able to choose up to 10 fossils to bring back to school to study and learn from. We'd like to thank our drivers for spending the day with us! Enjoy the pics below!
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