3rd Grade Reading:
We are currently in our Non Fiction unit. We "rev up" our minds by noticing the text features and making an inference on what the text might say. Good Non Fiction readers read with a pencil! We record our thinking in our response journals and use that information to teach others what we read. Over the next two weeks, you will be working with a book club and studying one nonfiction text. Your goal is to pick out the main ideas from the text and recount the text using key details and expert lingo. With your group, you will share what you have learned though an educreations video on the iPad. In this presentation, you will have to speak clearly to teach others what you have learned in this text. You will also use visuals to help explain what you learned in the text.
4th Grade Reading:
We our in our Historical Fiction unit. We are reading the text and paying special attention to the details that help us understand the setting! We are reading in book clubs to have meaningful conversations with our partners. Over the next few weeks, you will be working with your book club to show your understnading of reading historical fiction texts. You will be doing a variety of projects together to show your deep thinking about your characters, setting and the plot of your story. With your group, you will create a Google Slides presentation to analyze your plot, a Google drawing to describe your setting and you will create a skit of an important event in your story. Working as a team and collaborating with one another will be cruical for this project to be a success.
Writing:
We are currently doing Non Fiction writing. Students are nearing the end of their research and some have begun to draft their piece. When drafting, it is important to write in a way that teaches, rather than regurgitating the information to the readers.
Scholastic Book Orders:
It's that time of year when kids are building a wish lish for at home reading. If you are looking to purchase books here is a great way you can get your child "just right" books they enjoy at home and I can build points for our classroom library.
Scholastic Reading Club allows you to place an order. Use our class code: LT7C7 to order your books. It will send me an email to confirm the order and your child is getting great books at home and I can get even more amazing books for the classroom!
That's it for now, any questions feel free to contact me by clicking on my image above.
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