Sleep - Its importance Can Be Forgotten
As some of you know, I have a granddaughter who is in kindergarten. Last weekend I was speaking to my daughter and she was telling me how Abigail, my granddaughter, was fighting about not wanting to go to school and then when she got home, she was taking about an hour to do her homework when it should have taken about 10 minutes. I suggested that maybe Abigail needed to go to bed earlier. Maybe she wasn't getting enough sleep. I was very pleased about three days later when I received an email from my daughter thanking me for the suggestion. She started that night to put Abigail to bed an hour earlier and the very next morning there was no fighting and the homework got done easily. Young children do not always know why they are feeling the way they do. Feeling tired is very hard on children and it keeps them from doing their best school work. Even good parents do not always realize that their child is not getting enough sleep. I encourage you to make sure your child is receiving the sleep they need to do their best in school. This is especially important the week of March 6th when they will be taking the ISAT tests.
3rd Grade Reading with Mrs. Csorba
We will continue working on extended response. Your child learned a song and a small "dance" to remember the steps to writing an extended response. Ask them about it! Maybe they'll "dance" and "sing" it for you!
4th Grade Reading with Mrs. Beseth
In reading next week, our target genre is still poetry. The students will understand the elements of poetry, and they will work with figurative language such as simile, metaphor, personification,and idioms. A poetry project will be assigned,and the students will be working on this in class and at home over the next couple of weeks. Along with poetry, the students will also be working on writing extended responses which will connect with their reading passages.
5th Grade Reading with Mrs. Bucklin
This week we will be learning about figurative language which will include:
onomatopoeia, alliteration, idioms, similes, metaphors, and personification.
The students will be creating original images where they interpret figurative language literally.
