Week 11:Photo Finish

Hello Essentials families,
We are approaching the end of the semester, and it is going to be a photo finish.  Yesterday was an information packed hour.  We blazed through Math Bingo, Grammar Rule 7c - Who,Which, or That?, Similes and Metaphors, and Unit 5: Writing from Pictures!

Week 11:Assignment
Please refer to the Teaching Writing Structure and Style Weekly Guide for teaching Unit 5 and similes and metaphors at home.  If you did not get home with your Weekly Guide or if you were not able to come to class today, please email me and I will forward the guide, KWO sheet, and Final Checklist to you.

Notebook Tabs:

Similes and Metaphors - We began the class putting tabs on the gray decorations sheet pages 44-45, Similes and Metaphors.  Please complete these at home this week to broaden your child's understanding of our new decorations, similes and metaphors.

Transitional Words and Phrases - We also tabbed the gold resource pages 52 and 53, but I forgot to mention them as we covered Unit 5.  The section titled "Words that Show Sequence and Time" will be greatly beneficial to your child as they include their sentences answering the picture questions - "BEFORE? AFTER? OUTSIDE?" Please use this resource this week.  These gold pages are a "gold mine" for writing with effortless transitions. (Metaphor:)










The Finish Line:
Next week we will focus on celebrating our learning.  Each child will have the opportunity to read from one of their favorite papers this semester.  Please bring whatever paper they would enjoy sharing.  We will also take a "Walk Down IEW Memory Lane" and revisit Units 1 - 5, dress-ups, sentence openers, and decorations that we have covered this semester with a  spirited review game.

At the conclusion of Essentials next week, we will combine classes and enjoy a "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Feast" combined with math games.  Thank you parents for helping with the refreshments.

Have a fun week writing your paragraph from a picture!  I look forward to the creativity and uniqueness of each one.  If you have time in your schedule, illustrate a simile or metaphor of your choice.  PLEASE WRITE THE SIMILE OR METAPHOR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND IDENTIFY IT AS A SIMILE OR METAPHOR!

Many Blessings and Happy Writing!
Tina