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Entries from September 2006

Wednesday

September 6th, 2006 · No Comments

Today we discussed the 4 types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative.  Then we did some Smartboard matching activities about sentence types and genre.  We read the story, “Pioneer Girl,” from our reading book.  It is based on a memoir, which relates to the personal narrative stories we’re writing.  We were also able to [...]

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Tuesday

September 5th, 2006 · No Comments

It was good to be back together after our nice, long weekend!  We got our new vocabulary words today, another unit of synonyms.  The word study test will be on Friday since we didn’t come yesterday.  Check out the link to this week’s vocabulary review game!
We had a lesson today about genre, the various types [...]

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Friday

September 1st, 2006 · No Comments

Announcement: Tuesday, Sept. 5, is the final day for the Fundraiser to be returned.
Save the Date: PTO Meeting with Jim Trelease, author, who will speak about “What turns kids on to reading?” Supper will be at 5:30 and the meeting will begin at 6:30. We are fortunate to have this fantastic [...]

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