Thinking Readers

During Language Arts we are always practicing strategies that will make us better readers.  Today, we learned more about making predictions.  Although we don't have mystical crystal balls to peer into to make predictions, we can pick up clues in what we read and put them together with information we know to be true to make logical predictions about the story.  The great thing is that we don't have to be correct about our predictions!  The most important thing about making them is that we're thinking about what we're reading.  Then, we read on to find out if what we predicted comes true. We practiced with a few examples and a short story today, but I PREDICT we'll be using this skill a lot more in the next two weeks and beyond.

Only group 308 had Social Studies today, so this group is the only one who finished the Geography Bee preliminary rounds.  Group 308's winner was Devin and the runner-up was Savannah.  Devin did not miss a single question in all seven rounds!  Savannah only missed one!  Impressive! Devin will represent our class in January!  Congratulations to these two students!

The whole chorus and band groups have been practicing hard for tomorrow's concerts.  They will perform in the morning for our school and in the evening for parents and guests.  We are looking forward to this special holiday treat!

Homework:
Math - Complete packet and practice sheet.
Reading - Share Family Times paper.  Read chapters  19-22 in The Westing Game, complete role and project for next Thursday.  Crossword of new vocabulary is due on Monday.  
Spelling - Trace +2 is due on Friday.
Science - States Matter
Wellness - Test on Friday
PSSA Reading - Article work for Schools: Black and White due on Monday.
Mrs. Friday's Assignments:
Spelling - Comprehension, 2 wk.bk. pages, spelling sentence
Math - Reduce fractions - group 1
            Improper fractions - group 2