Hello All! We had an amazing day with research and writing today. I am so proud of all my students for showing just how much they have learned this quarter about taking notes and creating meaningful sentences!
Reading AM- We started with guided reading as usual. My frog and toad group is working answering a BCR question about problem and solution, while my coin magic group is working on identifying text features and sharing what they learn by using them. During our whole group reading time we read a story about a lion and a mouse. We are going to discuss how the mouse helped the lion and what lesson we learn from the story. In writing students took their notes from yesterday and began writing sentences about their penguins. I am so impressed with all of their hard work. Rehearsing what we are going to write before we put pen to paper is making such a difference. I am truly impressed with the growth students are making!
Reading PM- We began with grammar as usual and discussed how to use apostrophes when showing ownership. Then we were off to guided reading. I have two groups that are reading Sword in the Tree. Our focus for this book is going to be character traits and how they impact the story. This way we have one focus for the book and a skill that we really need to master. These students are also beginning literature circles. A discussion format that has each person responsible for a job. On Friday we are going to share our ideas and discuss our findings. You may see assignment sheets in your child's zip-lock bag. These are being worked on in school but students are also allowed to work on them at home so they are complete by Friday. My other guided reading group is diving into the folktale, "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". We are going to identifying the author's message in the story. I can't wait to see what they think! In writing we are finishing up our animal books and we began another piece of writing that will help us with our assessment next week. Students took notes on a penguin article that I read to them. Tomorrow I am going to model again how to put notes into complete sentences and then students are going to do the same thing. Please make sure you are doing your spelling homework each night!
Parents if you ever have questions about how your student is doing or just want to check in I am always available by email or phone. If you need a personal conference please feel free to call the office and we can work out a time for you to come and visit. The end of the quarter is coming towards the end of January and report cards will be here before you know it! One other note, m-class reading testing for the winter benchmark starts next week. The benchmark for this quarter is a level K.
Hugs,
Mrs. D.
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