CUPS editing strategy

Good Afternoon Parents,


This is a very important post. Just a reminder about how the homework has changed--students will NO LONGER have to complete journals as part of homework. Instead of journaling, students will complete a one page worksheet. I am highly encouraging all parents to be the students of their child. I want the students to teach parents how to label answer choices and plug in answer choices. This homework should take less time than journaling. The sight word quiz will be on Friday, Nov. 20. Here are the sight words for that quiz.


1. shake/shook
2.sing/sang
3.speak/spoke
4.spring/sprang
5.steal/stole
6.rode/road
7.bear/bare
8.groan/grown
9.they're/their/there


Below is a video about CUPS. Students should be using CUPS as a testing strategy to label their answer choices and prove them either correct or incorrect. Below the video is a copy of the homework that shows students how to label correctly.

 

 

Front side (how to ca

 

 

 

 

Backside (How to label answer choices)

Good Evening Parents,

This past week students took their nine week assessment. It was only 6 questions, but it was a good overview of everything that has been taught since the beginning of the school year. This grade will NOT appear on the first nine weeks report card, however, because we took the test after grades were due. Please remember that our MINTS project is due tomorrow, Tuesday October 12th, 2015. If you are confused on how each card should look, you can check below for three different examples. There is also a video posted further back about how MINTS works. I have also posted an example of the nine weeks test below so that you can retest your student if you would like. Please email, text or call if you have any questions.


Sight words for the week

hang	hung	hide	hid
know	knew	lay	laid
lead	led	lie	lied
light	lit	lose	lost

Homophones for the weekà    peace    vs.     piece;         two/to/too

 

Nine WEEKS test  

 

Below is an example of three MINTS flashcards. On the front should be the example, and on the back should be an explanation (MINTS) for why the example needs to be capitalized. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compound Sentences Quiz!

Good Evening Parents,

Below I've posted a video discussing compound sentences as well as the quiz we took today in class. Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

 

Week of September 22-25 Announcements

Good Evening Parents,

This week we will be covering a couple of different skills. We will discuss using commas in a series, apostrophes, and dialogue. I will most likely post a video sometime this week explaining each in more detail. Here are the sight words for the next two weeks. Please remember these won’t be tested until October 2^nd. This week (September 22-25) students should be journaling. I will only be checking for three entries this week.

fly	flew	forget	forgot
forgive	forgave	freeze	froze
get	got	give	gave
grow	grew	write	right
they’re	there	their

MINTS and SMALL MOMENT

Good Afternoon!

We are continuing to work on CAPITALIZATION this week, and I am sure many of you were wondering what we are doing with the "Tic Tac." I've posted a video below explaining the expectations for that project. Below the video, you will see a sample paper and a "Narrative Diamond," which is a plot map we use to make sure we are including different parts of the plot structure. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or text.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Dang that setence got a stanky breath!

Good afternoon parents,

This week we are working on capitalization. Please watch the video below to find out what the students learned today. Below is a hard copy of MINTS and the sight words for the next two weeks. Remember that students should be journaling, NOT writing sight word work!

 

 

 

M         Months, Days, Holidays

I           I instead of i

N          Names of people, places (cities, states, countries) and organizations

T          Titles of people (Doctor, President, Coach, etc.), books, movies, and organizations

Come	Came
Do	Did
Draw	Drew
Drink	Drank
Dream	Dreamt
Eat	Ate
Fall	Fell
Fight	Fought
By, Buy, Bye

S          Start of a sentence

Subject-Verb Agreement

Good Afternoon parents!

This week, we are focusing on subject-verb agreement. The students already know that in order for a sentence to be complete, it must have a subject and a predicate. However, in order for the sentence to be correct, the subject and the verb need to agree. In order to teach the students subject and verb agreement, we talked about singular vs. plural nouns. Below are examples of each:

Singular             vs.              Plural

the man                                 the men
a boy                                     some boys
the student                            the students