Ms Auerbach's blog

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I hope everyone spends their break thinking about what they are thankful for during this holiday season.  I know I have a lot to be thankful for... my friends, family, job, and my health, among other things.  I wish everyone a wonderful and relaxing break.  See you Monday, December 1st!

Miss Auerbach :) 

Hello!

I would like to first thank you all for coming to conferences early last week. It was so so wonderful to meet you all and I truly feel so fortunate to have your students in my classroom! We really do have a lot of fun in Room 20 and it was nice to hear that your children are enjoying themselves and learning a lot too!

On another note, so much has gone on these past couple of weeks in the classroom…

I will start by posting some recent “Words of the Week”:

11/2: immaculate (adj): meaning very clean; spotless.

11/9: cuisine (noun): meaning a style or type of food or cooking.

11/16: obstacle (noun): meaning someone or something that gets in your way.

This week's word was famished (adj), meaning very hungry. I hope that you have become accustomed to using the word of the week when speaking with your children! Try and use these words as much as possible to enrich their language and check for deep understanding.

This week's word is pilfer (v), meaning to steal.  Again, when speaking with your children, try and use this word as much as possible to enrich their language and check for deep understanding.  

FYI (For Your Information): Your child's idiom dictionary was graded and their rubrics were passed back! I was SO extremely impressed by each and every student's incredible work. It is very obvious that your students worked dilligently in the classroom and put in their best effort in all aspects of the project, including creativity and appearance. They will be hanging up in our hallway soon. Well done!

This week kicks off our new "Word of the Week" friend!  Every week we will begin discussing one specific word.  This word will be known as our "Word of the Week" and one student will be in charge of teaching their classmates about that specific word.   Vocabulary is such an important part of language and this is a chance for students to gain exposure to new words, develop an awareness of word parts, and grow a richer vocabulary in everyday discussions.  Here is a recap of what the students will need to bring to school when he or she is Rm 20's "Word of the Week" friend:  

You are in charge of bringing back to school each day the following...

TUESDAY:  Write on the sentence strip provided a written sentence that you think of by yourself, using our new word of the week.  It must make sense in context!