Word Work in Ms. Arcenas' Class

Inspire. Challenge. Succeed. 

Every Student... Every Heart... Every Mind... In connection to our work with our editing checklist, we are looking closer at the lens of spelling during our Word Work Activities. 

Teaching Point: Good writers use and practice strategies to help them spell correctly.

Grade 4, practice your word work activities at home... Use the suggestions below to make your word work process meaningful. 

Suggestions for word work at home:

• Print a copy of the word work activities menu and my words template to keep at home; add your words to the my words template
• Bring your word work notebook home to practice, but please be sure to bring it back to school the following day (keep it in your take home folder)
• Repeat the word work activities with ALL your words, including old word lists
• Print a copy of the dictionary skills template to complete the dictionary activity
• Use the editing checklist to edit your writing when practicing the sentences activity
• Furthermore, you can create an additional word list using interesting vocabulary from your just right reading books
• Practice only the word work activities we have learned in class

One School. One Community. One Graded.

Trimester 2 Student Led Conferences... Students and Parents made their thinking visible during our SLC's. Take a look the following sentence-phrase-words (SPWs) and consider the following questions:

• In what ways do the sentences, phrases and/or words show a deeper understanding of how each student learns?
• What does each SPW teach us about the students and parents?
• What connections could you make to each of the different SPWs?

Grade 4 is EAGER to inspire during our SLCs... Students and parents celebrate the growth in learning that took place during Trimester 2!

Grade 4 is STEAM! Grade 4, our next STEAM challenge, Straw Bridge Building, will start the week of April 8!

Review the information on our STEAM presentation and ask yourself the following questions:

• In what ways could I connect STEAM to The Eagle Way?
• Can I identify specific actions that help us build our classroom community?
• In what ways could my participation in STEAM help me grow as a learner?