Learning Goal:
Writing; I will be able to write clear and concise instructions to a game, so that my classmates can understand how to play.
November Classroom Novel: "Jake Drake, Know it All", by Andrew Clements
A.P.E. Strategy for Answering Questions
Paragraph Writing
We are learning to write great paragraphs so that we can build our Canadian animal reports. A good paragraph has parts much like a hamburger:
the top bun = main idea topic sentence
the lettuce, tomato and meat = the detail sentences
the bottom bun = saying the main idea in a different way
Hamburger vs Burito paragraph video
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We know that summarizing means shrinking a text into only the most important details. We have learned to use the following graphic organizers to help us make summaries.
*fortune tellers
*story wheels
*story boards
*key questions (5 Ws and H)
We are reading a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts and summarizing them in 5-6 complete sentences.
Word Study
We are also learning to recognize and use nouns, verbs, and adjectives in our writing! Here are some games to help.
ABCya elementary word games
Parts of Speech gamequarium
Good readers have strategies for problems they may encounter when reading. For example:
I use different strategies to monitor my understanding such as:
*making connections
*clarifying or looking closer
*asking questions in my head
*predicting what may happen or why vsomething happened
*visualizing what is happening
*summarizing what has happened so far
When I don't know a word I might:
*skip it and come back to it
*re-read
*sound it out
*look for picture clues
*read the rest of the sentence and see what makes sense (context clues)
*chunk it (look for smaller words or familiar word parts)
When choosing books that are just right for us, we consider:
*What genres (types) do I enjoy?
*Authors or series we like
*Suggestions from our friends
*Ability to read fluently
*Previewing new selections by reading the jacket
Reading is THINKING. When we read our minds are engaged in constant thought. We may be thinking:
*I wonder what will happen next?
*I love/hate this character!
*When will the action happen?
*I bet I know who 'dunnit'
*I can't wait until...
*I wonder what that character looks like, feels like?
*What does this setting look like
