Writing/English

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Daily/Weekly Assignments
Daily Oral Language
Each day we correct 2 sentences that go along with our English lessons. We practice capitalizing the first word of the sentence, choosing the correct end mark, using punctuation, capitalizing pronouns, etc. Each day we go over the corrections together. On Friday we correct 5 sentences that are graded.

Journals
One or two days a week we write a journal entry that is graded. We can write about anything we want, but we must write the date correctly, indent, include capitalization and correct end marks, and have a minimum of 2 sentences.

Sentence requirements for journals are as follows:
1st Nine Weeks: 2 sentences
2nd Nine Weeks: 3 sentences
3rd Nine Weeks: 4 sentences
4th Nine Weeks: 5 sentences

Dictionary Skills
We learned how to find words in the dictionary. We use the dictionary to look up words before reading each of our stories.

August
Chrysanthemum Essay
After reading the book "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin Henkes, we wrote an essay about what we would do if we were Chrysanthemum's friend.

September
Anglerfish Paragraph
After reading the story "The Fish That Goes Fishing" and a book about deep sea creatures, we wrote down as many facts as we could about the Anglerfish. Then we wrote a paragraph describing the Anglerfish using 5 of our favorite facts.

Johnny Appleseed Facts
After watching a BrainPop Jr. video about Johnny Appleseed, we wrote 4 facts about him.

October
Fall Poem
We wrote a poem titled "Fall Is" describing 5 things we love about fall. We wrote the poem on a leaf to hang in the hallway.

Fire Safety
After watching the video "Facts on Fire", we listed some safety tips we learned about kitchen, heater, bedroom, outside, and electrical safety.

Columbus Day
After learning about Christopher Columbus, we wrote 5 facts about him.

Bats, Spiders, & Sounds
We watched the Halloween Magic School Bus series about bats, spiders, and sounds and wrote 5 facts we learned from each.

Nouns
Nouns, plural nouns, possessive nouns, and pronouns

November
Nouns
Plural nouns, possessive nouns, and pronouns

Bird Migration & Turkey Facts
Facts about bird migration and turkeys that were learned through research online

December
Nouns
Possessive nouns and plural nouns

Santa Letters
Students write letters to Santa telling him about their year, what they want for Christmas, and asking him a question.

January
Verbs
Action verbs

Winter Dreams - My Island
Students created their own island.

February
Verbs

Winter Olympics
Event essay
Athlete biography

Letters to Shriners
Students wrote thank you letters to the Shriners for providing our Circus field trip.

March
Musher Profile
Biography of Iditarod Musher

April
Wild Weather
Students wrote a research report about a type of wild weather.

Earth Day
Students wrote about how they can help the earth.

Sentence Fragments 

May
Letters to 2nd Grade
Students wrote a letter to the 2nd graders, telling them about 3rd grade