Week 4 of Stay at Home...

Hi parents and boys and girls!

I miss you!  I am staying home and staying well right now.  I hope you and everyone in your family are, too!

You should be able to continue with new activities this week from the link I sent you last week from education.com.

Don't forget to read and log in your steps - just like we used to do at school.  Use your own paper to write down your steps.  If you just can't stand it and you really want a reading log to keep writing on, I can hunt up a digital copy for you and send it through email :)  Let me know!

How about 4 STAR writing?  Have you tried any of that since we've been out?  Can you remember what you get the 4 STARS for?
1.  Capital letter at the beginning/period at the end.
2.  Meatball spaces.
3.  Spell your Power Words correctly.
4.  Used letters and sounds to try to spell other words.

Here are some ideas to write about if you can't think of anything: 
-Draw and write about the desert, the ocean, the forest, the savanna.  What they are like and the animals that live in each ecosystem.
-We were getting ready to learn about the rain forest ecosystem.  If you want to find some rain forest books to read on Bookshelf, you can draw and write about that after you learn a little about it.
-Draw and write about spring.  How does it feel outside?  What are the trees like now that it is not winter anymore?  What have you seen buzzing and flying around outside?  What are you wearing when you go out to play?  What kinds of things are you playing outside / what are you doing outside?

Have your own Morning Meeting at home.  You will have to tell your family how it works and you will have to come up with a good question!  :)

I found this and thought this might be a fun game to play at home with tricky Power Words, the Power Words that you keep having trouble remembering.

Last thing - if you are not receiving Mr. Brennan's weekly emails - you can always check our school website:  caes.iwcs.k12.va.us
There are some things posted on the Home Page that you may find helpful.

And reach out to me if you have questions, need help, or just want to say Hi!
jsmith@iwcs.k12.va.us