http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kucharskie News from our classroom Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:38:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reading/language Arts           This week students will be presented a test to demonstrate their knowledge of the skills that have been presented over the past five weeks. We begin our week by taking a pretest on these skills and reviewing anything that needs clarification. This review sheet will come home on ... http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kucharskie/archives/2008/11/16/weekly-newsletter-9/ Reading/Language Arts      This week our story is titled Rosie A Visiting Dog’s Storie by Stephanie Calmenson on pages 258-275.  The story is about Rosie, a Tibetan Terrier whose friendly nature makes her a perfect visiting dog. She brings comfort to people in nursing homes and hospitals.      The skills we will ... http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kucharskie/archives/2008/11/10/weekly-newsletter-8/   Reading/Language Arts        This week our story is titled Little Grunt and the Big Egg by Tomie DePaola.  When caveboy Little Grunt finds an egg, it hatches into a baby dinosaur he names George. The Grunts let Little Grunt keep George, but he grows too large for the cave and must ... http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kucharskie/archives/2008/11/02/weekly-newsletter-7/   Reading/Language Arts             This week, we will be reading Wild Shots by Tui De Roy. In this magazine article, a wildlife photographer describes how she took some of her favorite photos.           As we read the story, students will be: learning new vocabulary, word relationships, self-questioning, multiple-meaning words, making predictions, synonyms, and ... http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kucharskie/archives/2008/10/26/weekly-newsletter-6/ In Reading Language Arts This week we continue our second theme “What a Team!” This week will be reading a story called Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome by Margaret Davidson on pages 184-199.  In this narrative nonfiction story, diphtheria has broken out in Nome, Alaska.  Teams of dog sleds carry ... http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kucharskie/archives/2008/10/18/weekly-newsletter-5/       Reading/Language Arts             This week, we will start our second theme “What a Team!”  This theme explores ways that people and animals can work together to accomplish goals.  Students discover that cooperation can make a difference in relationships and are encouraged to apply that concept to their own lives.             We will ... http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kucharskie/archives/2008/10/13/weekly-newsletter-4/ In Reading Language Arts we will be theme testing over the past 6 weeks of skills. These skills are decoding long words, using a dictionary, narrative elements, sentences, statements and questions, commands and exclamations, and subjects and predicates. The students will be completing a pretest review sheet on Wednesday and ... http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kucharskie/archives/2008/10/05/weekly-newsletter-3/ Reading/Language Arts             This week, we will continue our theme “Something Special!” by reading The Olympic Games:  Where Heroes Are Made by Nicholas Camacho.  This expository nonfiction story teaches us how the Olympic Games have grown and changed since the first contests were held in ancient Greece.  However, one aspect of ... http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kucharskie/archives/2008/09/27/weekly-newsletter-2/                                              Reading/Language Arts             Our story this week is titled Allie’s Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber. This is a story about a girl whose father gives her a basketball for a present.  She would love to play but she is afraid of the boys at the playground.  When she tries to ... http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kucharskie/archives/2008/09/19/weekly-newsletter-for-september-22-2008/ Reading/Language Arts             This week, we will continue our theme “Something Special!” by reading Nate the Great San Francisco Detective by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat.  This mystery introduces us to detective Nate the Great who searches San Francisco for a lost joke book.  He discovers that the wrong place ... http://staff.bbhcsd.org/kucharskie/archives/2008/09/15/256/