How parents can use this page to help from home:
Character Trait of the Week: PATIENCE
Every week I introduce a character trait and read a scenario each day that focuses on the trait we are studying. The scenarios are very useful for instilling virtues in children. The students seem to enjoy them and it is my hope that they will have a lasting impact on their character development. Encourage your child to share what the scenarios were about what he/she learned about each trait.
Reading Workshop:
Strong Reader Skills Students Learned This Week:
Word Study:
Students will have a quiz over these skills on Monday.
Writing Workshop:
5-Minute Daily Language Review Procedures:
- Use the information on this page to assess your child's understanding of the skills we've learned in class this week.
- Ask your child questions about each skill/topic and have him/her explain what they mean and how to use them.
- Help your child with any skills that he/she may need additional support with at home.
Character Trait of the Week: PATIENCE
Every week I introduce a character trait and read a scenario each day that focuses on the trait we are studying. The scenarios are very useful for instilling virtues in children. The students seem to enjoy them and it is my hope that they will have a lasting impact on their character development. Encourage your child to share what the scenarios were about what he/she learned about each trait.
Reading Workshop:
Strong Reader Skills Students Learned This Week:
- Identify how the elements of drama communicate directions to performers.
- Compare treatment of events and details between the text and the performance.
- Identify the key features of a chronological text structure.
- Identify relevant context clues to the meaning of key topic-specific words.
- Use context clues to determine the meaning of topic-specific words.
- Students will take a CFA on Monday. It will cover all the skills they've learned in this three-week unit.
Word Study:
Students will have a quiz over these skills on Monday.
- Week 1: Diphthongs - /ou/ and /oi/
- Week 2: Prefixes - trans, pro, sub, super, inter
- Week 3: Homophones
Writing Workshop:
- Students are continuing to work hard on their persuasive writing. They will begin writing their drafts next week.
5-Minute Daily Language Review Procedures:
- Students have 5 minutes to independently complete a D.L.R. Monday-Thursday. It's important that students focus and try their best to answer all the questions in the time they're given.
- After 5 minutes, we grade each question in class and discuss the correct answers. Students make corrections with a blue pen.
- The scores students earn on the D.L.R’s that are completed Monday-Thursday will NOT be recorded in my grade book.
- Every Friday students take a D.L.R. quiz. Each question on the quiz is a repeat of a question from during the week. If students study the skills during the week, they should do very well on Friday’s quiz. Quiz scores WILL be factored into student’s writing grade. The graded quizzes come home every Friday.