Again and Again

In Math Workshop today, students applied their knowledge of the equal sign to help them make sense of and explain fact family triangles and their respective number sentences. Unit 1 Math Assessment grades will come home next week.  Thank you for your patience!

In Writers' Workshop, we studied the mentor text Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen.  We noticed his strategy of using "Again and Again" to make his readers infer how a character feels, rather than tell them.  We then applied this strategy to our own personal narratives.  See some examples below.

In Readers' Workshop, students took on more responsibility regarding identifying character thinking and inferring character traits based on that thinking.  Tonight when your child is reading, have them identify a paragraph in their book where their character is thinking.  Ask them what they're inferring about that character based on that thinking.  Encourage them to use precise character traits.

In Word Study, we read our Read Aloud, Goblins in the Castle, by Bruce Coville.  We identified unknown words in the text and then used the Frayer Model to help determine the word's meaning.  In addition, we used pictures, synonyms and antonyms to help us further understand and apply this new vocabulary.

In Social Studies, we finished closely reading the "I Have A Dream Speech".  We then used what we inferred from King's speech about patriotism and citizenship to help us reflect on our learning and thinking about these key democratic ideas.

Homework:

• Read 20 minutes  

Have a wonderful weekend,

Ms. Smith