Our informational studies continue...each day we have independent reading time. This week and next, we are reading biographies and continue to work on main idea and details along with vocabulary. Ask your child who he/she is reading about!
We also had some fun reading about pirates this week. A man, Barry Clifford, found and salvaged the only known pirate treasure in the whole world. One kid wanted us to take a field trip to Cape Cod where the museum is. We took the vocabulary words from the article and made a graffiti board to show them. That was fun for all of us!
Informational writing continues on. Tomorrow, we will be writing about infographics using Google Classroom. Next week, we will start learning about Native Americans in North America.
Reminders:
*Reading Counts Points due by 12/21
*Digital Readworks Article due this Friday
*Book Talks start tomorrow! I have been reminding kids in class when they have their turns coming up.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
update 11-22
Our first battle of the essays was a success! Winners were: Trinidad & Alex, Raj, and Aidan W. Congrats to them! See the pictures below.
Today, we also created disguises for our Thanksgiving turkeys. Check out those photos below too.
We are reading and working with informational text. Students have been reading independent books three days a week in information followed by two days a week in fiction. As a reminder, Reading Counts goals are due by 12/21.
Our writing focus has shifted to informational writing. We are working on pulling ideas together from multiple sources in order to write. The US symbol projects went home yesterday. Please check those out!
Lastly, the class books about our expert pieces went home last week. Those were amazing too. Thanks for your continued support and Happy Thanksgiving!
Today, we also created disguises for our Thanksgiving turkeys. Check out those photos below too.
We are reading and working with informational text. Students have been reading independent books three days a week in information followed by two days a week in fiction. As a reminder, Reading Counts goals are due by 12/21.
Our writing focus has shifted to informational writing. We are working on pulling ideas together from multiple sources in order to write. The US symbol projects went home yesterday. Please check those out!
Lastly, the class books about our expert pieces went home last week. Those were amazing too. Thanks for your continued support and Happy Thanksgiving!
Monday, November 14, 2016
update 11-14
We have moved on from fiction into informational text. Today in class we reviewed what that meant and keywords that make informational text different. Today, we also reviewed main idea and details. During our independent reading time, the kids chose books based on a science theme to read independently and practice finding main ideas and details. All of these books are informational-ask your child what book he/she picked!
The other mini-unit we are completing up until Thanksgiving is about United States symbols. Today, students read about the White House, Mt. Rushmore, Statue of Liberty, and the Liberty Bell. While reading, we practiced recording main ideas and underlining key details. Tomorrow, they will have to choose two of these to focus on. They will be using these symbols to craft a writing piece on the importance of U.S. symbols. We will also make a small project on this. Mini-lessons will relate to writing informational pieces and hooking the reader. We will also be completing our first Battle of the Essays. Students will be competing against each other using their essays to determine the winner. These are a lot of fun!
Thanks to all who completed the survey I sent out last week. A quick clarification on Reading Counts. I passed out reports to all students last Friday. Goals are cumulative and will be through the entire year. All point goals are entered into the computer and in your child's planner. Points for 2nd quarter have to be completed by December 21. Any questions, please email me.
*Book Fair Preview and Buying is this week. Ask your child for more info on this!
The other mini-unit we are completing up until Thanksgiving is about United States symbols. Today, students read about the White House, Mt. Rushmore, Statue of Liberty, and the Liberty Bell. While reading, we practiced recording main ideas and underlining key details. Tomorrow, they will have to choose two of these to focus on. They will be using these symbols to craft a writing piece on the importance of U.S. symbols. We will also make a small project on this. Mini-lessons will relate to writing informational pieces and hooking the reader. We will also be completing our first Battle of the Essays. Students will be competing against each other using their essays to determine the winner. These are a lot of fun!
Thanks to all who completed the survey I sent out last week. A quick clarification on Reading Counts. I passed out reports to all students last Friday. Goals are cumulative and will be through the entire year. All point goals are entered into the computer and in your child's planner. Points for 2nd quarter have to be completed by December 21. Any questions, please email me.
*Book Fair Preview and Buying is this week. Ask your child for more info on this!
Monday, November 7, 2016
update 11-4
This is our last week of fiction for the quarter! Capture the Flag ended well. Check out our projects below. We also did some creative writing prompts based on the book. Kids wrote about a new hero, villain, or other important American artifact that could have been stolen.
We are going to try something new this week on Wednesday using the laptops. There is a website called Digital Storyworks where kids go online, read articles, and then practice answering questions about them. After trying it this week, it will be assigned for homework that will be due Friday, November 18. Please let me know if you have any questions about this.
Our literary analysis will also end this week with a typed piece comparing Capture the Flag to National Treasure (movie we watched) plus there will be a writing piece based on the summative that will be given this Thursday. Next week, we will start informational text.
We are going to try something new this week on Wednesday using the laptops. There is a website called Digital Storyworks where kids go online, read articles, and then practice answering questions about them. After trying it this week, it will be assigned for homework that will be due Friday, November 18. Please let me know if you have any questions about this.
Our literary analysis will also end this week with a typed piece comparing Capture the Flag to National Treasure (movie we watched) plus there will be a writing piece based on the summative that will be given this Thursday. Next week, we will start informational text.
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