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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