This week in ELL...

It's hard to believe that we are almost halfway through the month of October!
This week in ELL:

Kindergarten: We have been working with the letter "R" and focusing on songs and poems that discuss rectangles. We have been drawing pictures in our journals of rectangles that we see in the classroom. Our week will continue to review the shapes with an emphasis on the rectangle and words that start with the letter "R"

First Grade: We have been working on describing different animal habitats. Since the students went to the zoo, we have been talking about the characteristics of different habitats and identifying animals that may be found. This week will have a focus on the rainforest and describing characteristics that connect with this habitat.

Second Grade: We are working on the skill predicting outcomes. The students have been using this skill in their regular classrooms and we will be incorporating making predictions into different lessons this week. We have looked at different fictional stories and predicted the endings, tomorrow we will be analyzing data and formulating predictions based on our data collection, and Thursday will be spent making predictions for a science experiment that tests how many dictionaries can be supported by egg shells!

Third Grade: We have been working on comparing and contrasting as well as identifying facts and opinions. We have compared and contrasted different kinds of maps as well as globes and have discussed facts and opinions that relate to maps. We will also work on providing directions and continue our use of map skills.

Fourth Grade: Fourth grade will be working on reinforcing the topic of the Northeast region and incorporating the vocabulary from their story Lou Gehrig that is being read in the classroom whenever possible. Today, we tried to create stories or sentences that used more than one of these vocabulary words and that also gave a good description of the meaning of the words.

Fifth Grade: In co-teaching with Mrs. Bennick's flex group, we began identifying and describing various elements from colonial times. Throughout the week, we will be comparing and contrasting our ways of life today with those of the colonial times. We will also write a response that examines our preference for the way of life that we would rather have in our world today.

That will pretty much wrap up our week in ELL class! Again, please let me know if you have any questions!