Reading
- In Reader's Workshop we will continue to work our learning all we can about nonfiction books. We will learn how to become 'experts' about our books and to practice marking pages with interesting facts to share with others.
- Next we will learn how to read nonfiction books with feeling and making our voices sound like experts when we read
- Lastly we will notice how a lot of the things we learn in Writers Workshop, we also see in our nonfiction books! We will study books likes Writers in our book nooks.
- On Thursday we will be sending home test review sheet for our upcoming Nonfiction Test Nov. 9th. This paper will list the things the students will be tested over and what to practice at home
- This Thursday is the first high frequency grade for the 2nd grading period over half the sight words.
Nonfiction Text Features Videos:
https://safeshare.tv/x/ss59ea279a6b643
https://safeshare.tv/x/ss59ea272009730
https://safeshare.tv/x/ss59ea279a6b643
https://safeshare.tv/x/ss59ea272009730
Writing
- In Writer's Workshop this week we will start writing our first nonfiction chapter book. Each student will choose and animal to write about. They will spend two days research the animal using our ipads at school.
- Near the end of the week we will start writing chapters 1 and 2 of our books!
Conventions and Grammar:
- This week, we will be focusing on the skill of singular nouns.
- We will have a grade over common and proper nouns this Wednesday.
Word Study
- This week, we will be introducing and working with the -ump/-unk word families and will be exploring many different words that contain these word families such as jump and junk.
- -ump word family video: https://safeshare.tv/x/ss59f38e5596de1
- -unk word family video: https://safeshare.tv/x/ss59f38ebd12798
- We will have a word study grade this Thursday over all the short U word families: -un,-ut,-ung,-ug,-ump,-unk.
- You will see a GREEN WORD STUDY BOOKLET in the back of your child's binder. Just a reminder that this booklet stays in their binder. It should never stay at home. ALSO, your child should NOT work ahead on this booklet at home. We will work through it together at school, and then they can use it as a study tool at home. Please make sure they DO NOT work ahead in it at home. Thank you for your help with this!