Laura Fennell
3rd Grade Teacher
Courses Taught:
Reading and Language Arts
Our week at a glance:
Foundation Skills
This week we will work Unit 5, Lesson 6 words. These words the students have previously worked with. Some have prefixes and suffixes, others are shades of meaning words or words with the same base. We will do several different activities with these words throughout the week. We will not take a spelling test on these words.
Reading and Responding
This week we will read Unit 5, Lesson 6 So You Want To Be President. This humorous biography tells fun facts about different presidents throughout history. As we read, we will ask and answer questions and make connections. We will also work with our story vocabulary and build fluency. We will not test on this story.
Language Arts
This week we will review all of the different grammar skills from this unit. We will finish up our poetry unit and put together our poetry books. We continue to practice handwriting weekly learning our cursive letters.
Character Education
We will continue to learn the 8 Bulldog Character Traits. We will focus on Bulldogs are Problem Solvers.
Reminders:
- If you are not able to get into Parent Square, please let me know.
- Please sign your child's behavior sheet each night.
- On Tuesday, your child will bring home Tuesday papers in the back of their daily folder. Please review them and sign the sheet in their folder. Please return all Tuesday papers.
- Thursday, May 16th is Field Day.
- Our awards day is Monday, May 20th from 9:30-10:00.
Education:
Auburn University, B.S. Elementary Education
Troy University Montgomery, M.S. Elementary Education
Experience:
1999-present: 3rd grade teacher, Pine Level Elementary