Sunday, October 12, 2014
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Monday, October 6, 2014
Week of October 6-10
Good morning!
This week we will begin to wind down our study on fiction texts and introduce non-fiction.
Non-fiction means a story is true, based on factual information.
There are two types of non-fiction texts we will be discussing this week.
The first is biography- the story of a person's life as written by someone else. You learn about the person through the point of view of the writer of the biography They tell about real people and real events.
The second kind of non-fiction we will discuss this week is autobiography- it also tells the story of a person's life but the person telling the story is talking abut themselves. You get the point of view of the person who lived that life. You can learn things about the person that only they know.
This week we will be comparing the events of a fiction story to the life of the author who wrote it.
Questions we will ask ourselves: Did the author experience similar events in their life as the character they wrote about? How does this story relate to the author's life?
We will also compare a fiction story about a topic to a non-fiction story about the same topic. For example an informative article about the stars compared to a fictional story about the stars.
We will also be working on context clues this week. Students will have homework over context clues tonight due Wednesday.
Thanks for all you do!
This week we will begin to wind down our study on fiction texts and introduce non-fiction.
Non-fiction means a story is true, based on factual information.
There are two types of non-fiction texts we will be discussing this week.
The first is biography- the story of a person's life as written by someone else. You learn about the person through the point of view of the writer of the biography They tell about real people and real events.
The second kind of non-fiction we will discuss this week is autobiography- it also tells the story of a person's life but the person telling the story is talking abut themselves. You get the point of view of the person who lived that life. You can learn things about the person that only they know.
This week we will be comparing the events of a fiction story to the life of the author who wrote it.
Questions we will ask ourselves: Did the author experience similar events in their life as the character they wrote about? How does this story relate to the author's life?
We will also compare a fiction story about a topic to a non-fiction story about the same topic. For example an informative article about the stars compared to a fictional story about the stars.
We will also be working on context clues this week. Students will have homework over context clues tonight due Wednesday.
Thanks for all you do!
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Six Weeks Test
I've graded the six weeks test and I must say I am impressed! Students worked very hard today!
Most students seem to have a good grasp on the material we have covered so far. Not all have mastered it, but that is fine! We have time!
I would like to ask parents to keep in mind when scores come home that there were only 8 questions on this test specifically geared to see if students could apply the skills we have learned. So if they come home with a 63, 75, or 88 consider that great! 88 means they missed one, 75 they missed two, and 63 they missed three... if this is the case for your student that means that those particular skills questions are what we will be continuing to work super hard on to improve on. In reading we spiral our skills all year adding new ones but continuously reviewing the previous ones as well so students will be retested on anything they struggle with in the next six weeks test. I will be constantly assessing them in class during guided reading groups and practice passages though watching for growth.
I hope that you are seeing the progress and enthusiasm for reading at home that I am seeing at school! It's an exciting year!
Remember we have a vocabulary quiz and an early release tomorrow!
Thanks for all you do!
Most students seem to have a good grasp on the material we have covered so far. Not all have mastered it, but that is fine! We have time!
I would like to ask parents to keep in mind when scores come home that there were only 8 questions on this test specifically geared to see if students could apply the skills we have learned. So if they come home with a 63, 75, or 88 consider that great! 88 means they missed one, 75 they missed two, and 63 they missed three... if this is the case for your student that means that those particular skills questions are what we will be continuing to work super hard on to improve on. In reading we spiral our skills all year adding new ones but continuously reviewing the previous ones as well so students will be retested on anything they struggle with in the next six weeks test. I will be constantly assessing them in class during guided reading groups and practice passages though watching for growth.
I hope that you are seeing the progress and enthusiasm for reading at home that I am seeing at school! It's an exciting year!
Remember we have a vocabulary quiz and an early release tomorrow!
Thanks for all you do!
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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