In Writers' Workshop, we studied Lester Laminack's memoir, Saturdays and Teacake. We "read like writers", noticing how awesome authors close their personal narratives or memoirs in a satisfying way. We use life lessons to help us achieve this.
In Read Aloud, we used everything we knew about characters to make claims about them. As we read on and learn more, we will learn to revise and rethink our theories in order to be truly reflective of characters and character change.
In Word Study, I asked students what they noticed about how I broke up words. With teacher support and scaffolding, students discovered that all syllables contain a vowel. This critical aspect or letter patterns will help us spell words we may not know how to spell yet.
In Social Studies, students studied a secondary source to learn more about being an American and the implications it has our patriotism and citizenship.
In Readers' Workshop, students took on more responsibility regarding identifying character motivation and paying attention to this motivation to help them grow ideas about characters.
Homework:
- Read 20 minutes
Reminders:
- Clip Hall of Fame Celebration this Friday at 9:30
Thank you,
Ms. Smith
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