We are finishing up our determining importance unit in reading. The students have been enjoying may genres of books during this unit. The have explored fiction and non-fiction books and the many important parts of each genre. We have looked at many folktale, fables, tall tales, legends to explore fiction reading.
In writing workshop, we just finished up our unit on Informational writing. The students created an ABC book as a class on Winter. Each student got a letter of the alphabet and had to create a page with vocabulary about winter. The students then began work on an All About writing project. Each child go to vote on a winter/Arctic animal that they would like to write about. Then, the students had to brainstorm all the schema that they already had about the animal. Next, the students checked out books about their animal and began researching their animal. The students enjoyed finding facts about their animal and sharing them. Last, the students had to take their schema and research and write about their animal. They worked really hard on these and will be bringing them home soon. Please ask your child to share their All About with you.
Once again, I want to stress how important it is for your child to be reading every night. I ask that each child is reading or being read to for at least 20 min. a day. The student then is to record their reading on their reading log.
Chill Out and Read! Please help your child record their reading minutes on their calendar each night and sign at the end of the week! This will help our class win a ice cream party for the class that reads the most in each grade level.
If you would like to come in and read to the class or have time to work in the classroom, please feel free to call or email me about a time that works for you.
