Wow, February sure is flying by!! Theme of the week: “Reading is THINKING!”

We will be having a busy week in language arts this week! We are finishing up our novel, The Golden Goblet finally! We will be reading chapters 15 and 16 this week and then doing wrap up activities the rest of the week. If our iPads come in (fingers crossed everyone!) we will be making mini-movies using our favorite scenes from the book. We will start this activity Thursday and Friday. Only 15 spelling words this week, be sure to study! Spelling Test 5

In social studies, we are continuing to study Egypt. We finished up reading a brief overview of the different kingdoms today as well as our Egypt Webquest. Some timeline activities as well as some writing activities lie in store for us as the week goes on!

We also just started a brand new round of reading comprehension today during 5th pd. We will be working on different reading comprehension techniques and skills to make us even better readers! Teaching reading is my passion, and I’m so excited for this class!

Events this week:

• ALL 6th grade teachers (Turrell, Welsh, & Thill) are gone on Wednesday for a training in Bend. We will be learning about some great teaching and learning techniques we can share with the kiddos!
• Valentines Dance this Wednesday: 4 – 5:30 pm, $5.00 to get in!