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School Year 2009/10
Dear Students and Parents,
Welcome to fifth grade at Shadow Lake. This year I will be
teaching reading,writing, social studies and science.
In writing students will be writing in narrative,
expository and persuasive writing modes. We will keep a
writing binder at school which will contain tools for writing,
ideas for writing topics, prewrites, rough drafts, final
published stories, daily journals, and worksheets. We usually
start each writing session with a short lesson, then students write
in a writers workshop format . Students take several of their
pieces through the entire writing process of prewrite, rough draft,
revision, editing and then publication. These final
pieces stay in their writing binder for year and allow us to see
growth.
The binders come home at the end of the year.
Sudents are expected to participate in the PAWs reading
program. This means they need to read at home for a minimum of
20 minutes per day for 20 days each month. Reading
more minutes and more days within a month is terrific, and of
course makes your child a stronger reader. PAWS
recording sheets are due on the last day of each month.
Spelling books are sent home at the beginning of each
year. Students are responsible
for accurately writing a weekly spelling list of
high frequency words each week. Each week we will work on the
next numbered week. This means practicing these words and
taking a test each Friday in class.
We exist on :a great many pencils, erasers, paper ,good humor , a
good story that we find in our everyday lives and the reflection of
these experiences in a written form. Writing helps us
understand what we think and often why we think it.
If you have questions or comments throughout the year please e mail
me at klindstr@tahomasd.us
Sincerely,
Mrs. Lindstrom
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