Nancy Huffman

In reading today we are continuing our novel work. We have one last book discussion tomorrow, so everyone will be ready to continue reading the middle part of their book. Also, it’s great to see all of the reading logs signed! We are keeping track of our reading hours for our Cat in the Hat [...]

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We look forward to learning more about him! 
Our  committees will also finalize  their plans for our Valentine’s  party  to be held next Thursday. 
Reminder:  If you are interested in book orders they are due next Tuesday, the 9th of February.
In reading today some students discussed the first part of their novel, some  workied to be ready for [...]

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Today in reading we are working with our novels. We are starting to fill out our study question sheets, which means we are getting close to discussion groups. We love to talk about what we read. It gives us a chance to clarify parts in the book and summarize what we comprehended from the text.
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Today we are continuing to read our new novels. As we read, we write down 2 vocabulary words in our book to look up, write a sentence for, and draw a picture to illustrate what it means. When finished with vocabulary words, we complete our great thinkers charts to show what we are thinking as [...]

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Today we began reading new novels! Students began reading either Yang the Third and her Impossible Family or The Girl with 500 Middle Names. Both of these books have a common theme about moving to a new school and fitting in! I think we can all make personal connections to these books! Also, for homework, continue to read because we [...]

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Students need to start memorizing their parts.  If you break it into parts  it is easier!  Good luck.  Practicing a little bit each night will really help!
Students presented their information on their different disability in reading class.  We learned about diabetes, celebral palsy, learning disabilities, visual impairment, and epilepsy.  Students took notes and then took [...]

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Mark your calendars!  At 2:00 and 7:00 pm there will be performances to show off what we have learned in our celebrating differences unit.
Students worked hard this morning to prepare for their presentations on the disability they have been studying.  We are excited to see their presentations on Monday.  Homework in reading is to read [...]

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We thoroughly enjoyed hearing about all of the mysteries that were read this past month!  Nice job, students!
In reading students talked about the main theme of their books.  Next they found out more about the condition that the main character had to deal with.  Some of these conditions were:  learning disability, visual impairment, diabetes, cerebral [...]

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The students that have presented theirs so far have done a great job!  I look forward to hearing the rest tomorrow. The only other reading  homework is to continue to read and record on the blue reading logs.  Students finished reading the narrative portion of their books that contained characters with a disability.  Now their [...]

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Only two more days before January book projects are due.  Many students are presenting already, but the deadline is Thursday!  In reading today students continued to read with partners in their narrative books.  Some students commented that the ‘disability’ or difference their character has doesn’t show up much in the story.  It’s interesting…students are learning [...]

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