Hope that you enjoyed the long weekend.
There are no new spelling words for the week of January 18. We will be reviewing the words learned in Unit 3 over the last several weeks through games in class. We have just completed our third unit in our Reading series and will be working on a Unit Skills Test and a Readers Theater performance of Flowers in January. You may see their script in their take home folder if they need to rehearse their parts at home. Please see that they bring them back to school as they will need them to perform!
In Readers Theater, students take on a role of a character in the story (sometimes sharing it with another student or two) and all parts are read from their script. Their are no lines to memorize and most of the story is told from their seats. I'll be encouraging the children to read with much expression, since their voices alone need to tell the story. All the children will have a part, and we will have two scheduled performances on Friday, January 22 at 10:30 and 11:00 a.m. We hope that you are able to take advantage of hearing your child read with his or her peers by attending one of our "shows."