Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Tall Tales

McBroom and the Big Wind

This week's story is McBroom and the Big Wind by Sid Fleischman, a rollicking tall tale.  It is an important fourth grade standard for students to be able to recognize different genres of writing, including tall tales.

Our Greek or Latin root for the week is cred, meaning believe.  Our academic vocabulary words for the week are assemble and assembly.

Today's homework:
     1.  Spelling p. 96-97.
     2.  Math Miss W: RW62 & PW62
                    Mr. Spaulding:  RW56
     3.  Read for half an hour.
     4.  Get parent initials.

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