School is Back In Session

This is a short school week. Monday was a half day. Tuesday was our first full Snow day.

Now it's time to get back to work. 

Over the next few days we will review the long vowels created when Silent e appears. 

We will also read a story called: Mark's Big Day. 

This story can be found in Storytown Book 3 Lesson 14. 

Storytown Student Book Link

The Snowy Day

Today we read a wonderful story called The Snowy Day by Ezra Keats. Feel free to read it online at the link below:
http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/the-snowy-day

Later this week we will read three additional stories from our Storytown Student Book: Rich Gets Big, A Butterfly Grows and Caterpillar.
You can find these stories in Book 3 Lesson 13 of the Storytown Ebooks.

Storytown Link

I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today we listened to Dr. Martin L. King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.
Here's the link:https://youtu.be/3vDWWy4CMhE

Martin Luther King, Jr. Animated Movie

Here's a wonderful animated movie about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Enjoy!
Our Friend Martin

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King

This week we will study the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  We will read several stories about his life and take a virtual class trip to his childhood home.

You can take the tour by clicking on this link:
http://www.nps.gov/features/malu/feat0001/BirthHomeTour/1entrance.html#

We will also read a story called, " King Midas and His Gold". 

This story is in  Book 2 Lesson 12 of the Storytown Student Book link below.

Storytown Student Book Link

Thank you for visiting our class blog.

Welcome Back!
I hope you all had a restful Winter Break.
This month our class will be working hard to improve our reading and writing skills.

We have been reading from a series called "Storytown" Student Books.
This week we will be reading three stories: Sid Scores, Land of Ice and My Father's Feet.
These stories can be found in Book 2 Lesson 11.

I have included a link to the Student Books.

Storytown Student Book