Monday, October 15, 2012

The Kitchen Sink for the Week of 10/15/12


Readers’ Workshop
This week we are exploring the world of synonyms and antonyms.  We will be brainstorming other ways to say common words such as: big, small, happy, mad, etc. as these are words frequently used in our writing, but lack a certain luster.  With our upcoming writing project, we are working to add “sparkling vocabulary” and this study of words will enable us to do so!
Also, please check your child’s progress with their reading responses.  Three responses have been submitted thus far.  Please sign your child’s response for the week of October 8, 2012.

Writers’ Workshop
Our self and peer assessments of our memoir project took us until Friday of last week.  We also did some extra dictionary review with a dictionary scavenger hunt.  Our brainstorming for our new project, as highlighted in last week's blurb, will take place early this week.  Students will be writing a made up story that explains an illustration in the book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.  After choosing the illustration they want to write about, students will learn how to use a planning tool called a story mountain.  The shape of the tool encourages rising and falling action to become a natural part of the story, with a main problem at the peak.  Look for more info on the blog!

Skills Block
There will be a vocabulary quiz on the words we've added thus far to the word wall.  Students will receive a pink study guide in class on Monday.  The quiz will be Friday, so look for the study guide at home.  Students will need to be able to plug words into a given context and recognize the definition.  They will also need to spell the words correctly, as they will be provided in a word bank on the quiz itself.

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