Reading and Writing Q2 Week 2
Posted by Jessica Shevitz on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
This week in reading, we'll be working on questioning as a strategy to help us become better readers. Good readers ask questions before, during, and after reading to help clarify information and focus on key details in a text. We'll be using an e-book called Map-it Out! Understanding and Using Maps to help us learn map skills as well as focus on the reading strategy of questioning. The e-book that we will be using this week is attached as a PowerPoint to the right of this post.
We'll also be using that e-book to practice using a glossary as a tool to understand difficult words in a text. This goes back to our study of text features. We are hoping that our students are applying these strategies at home when they read non-fiction texts at night!
**Remember- It is important for the kids to read a variety of texts for their 20 minutes each night! If all they read are fiction stories, try to find a non-fiction book at the library that might be interesting.**
In writing this week, we'll be writing descriptive paragraphs about a place that we've visited. Students will be asked to draw a picture of a place that they've visited. They'll be using sensory details and awesome adjectives to describe the place. Try to encourage your child to use descriptive language at home to describe a great meal, or a fun game that they've played. Point out when they use great adjectives to describe something!
We'll also be using that e-book to practice using a glossary as a tool to understand difficult words in a text. This goes back to our study of text features. We are hoping that our students are applying these strategies at home when they read non-fiction texts at night!
**Remember- It is important for the kids to read a variety of texts for their 20 minutes each night! If all they read are fiction stories, try to find a non-fiction book at the library that might be interesting.**
In writing this week, we'll be writing descriptive paragraphs about a place that we've visited. Students will be asked to draw a picture of a place that they've visited. They'll be using sensory details and awesome adjectives to describe the place. Try to encourage your child to use descriptive language at home to describe a great meal, or a fun game that they've played. Point out when they use great adjectives to describe something!