Readers’ Workshop
Students
should continue to envision as they read, using personal experiences to help
them learn something new about characters (thoughts, feelings,
motivations). This week we will take our
observations of characters and how stories go, and make predictions. It is important when making predictions, to
justify why they are reasonable.
Students can refer to clues in the text, character traits, or personal
experiences to explain why their predictions are reasonable. Predictions should include not only what a
character will do, but how they will do it!
Have your child practice this skill during their 20 minutes of nightly
reading or in their weekly reading response!
Writers’ Workshop
We will finish our drafts this week,
taking them from the climax to the final resolution. We will
focus on different techniques that can be used to add suspense to the falling
action so the problem isn't resolved too quickly. Students
will receive a chart full of different suspense techniques, like a fight scene
or looming deadline, to keep on file in their purple writing folder. At the end
of the week, we will zoom in on strong endings. Ask your child to update you on their
progress. Have them
show you the feedback they have received and how they have adjusted their story
as a result of that feedback.
Skills
Block
Students
will be tested on spelling List 9 this week.
To go along with our study of suspense
techniques in writing time, we will use our skills time to take a look at
various temporal phrases and transitions that can be used to move our
narratives along.
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