11/28

UPDATE: Please have your child write their blog on a piece of paper from this week until the end of December. This should be turned in each day to help keep track of their work, as the blog is not allowing comments.

This week we are beginning to learn about author’s purpose. Authors write for many reasons. An author may write to persuade or try to get you to do something. They may write to give you facts or to inform you on a subject. Other authors write fiction stories from their imaginations to entertain you.

Read for 20 minutes. Record the Title of your book and the Author’s name. Then write to tell me why you think the the author wrote your book. Was it to persuade you, to inform you of something, or to entertain you? Give me a reason why you picked that purpose.

Example: Today I read The World of the Polar Bear, written by Norbert Rosing. I think the author's purpose was to inform me about polar bears. The author wrote lots of facts about where polar bears live, how they take care of their young, and what they like to eat. 

11/27

UPDATE: Please have your child write their blog on a piece of paper from this week until the end of December. This should be turned in each day to help keep track of their work, as the blog is not allowing comments.

This week we are beginning to learn about author’s purpose. Authors write for many reasons. An author may write to persuade or try to get you to do something. They may write to give you facts or to inform you on a subject. Other authors write fiction stories from their imaginations to entertain you.

Read for 20 minutes. Record the Title of your book and the Author’s name. Then write to tell me why you think the the author wrote your book. Was it to persuade you, to inform you of something, or to entertain you? Give me a reason why you picked that purpose.

Example: Today I read The World of the Polar Bear, written by Norbert Rosing. I think the author's purpose was to inform me about polar bears. The author wrote lots of facts about where polar bears live, how they take care of their young, and what they like to eat. 

11/26

UPDATE: Please have your child write their blog on a piece of paper from this week until the end of December. This should be turned in each day to help keep track of their work, as the blog is not allowing comments.

This week we are beginning to learn about author’s purpose. Authors write for many reasons. An author may write to persuade or try to get you to do something. They may write to give you facts or to inform you on a subject. Other authors write fiction stories from their imaginations to entertain you.

Read for 20 minutes. Record the Title of your book and the Author’s name. Then write to tell me why you think the the author wrote your book. Was it to persuade you, to inform you of something, or to entertain you? Give me a reason why you picked that purpose.

Example: I read Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. I think the author wrote this book to entertain the readers. I think this is the purpose because the characters are fictional and can talk to each other. The story is also from the author’s imagination.

11/15

This week we are going to be reviewing some reading strategies. Today we are going to work on making connections while reading.

Good readers think while they read.  They notice when characters in the text experience things that they have too.  They notice when a character is feeling a way they have felt before.  When a character is visiting a place that the reader has been before, it's easy for that reader to get a good idea of what's going on in the story.  

Please practice this skill as you read for 20 minutes this evening. 
Then, in the comment section write and tell me the title and the author of the book you read. 
Let me and your friends know what connection you made while you were reading.
You can use these sentence stems to help you...

That reminds me of…That made me think of the time…I can relate….

11/14

This week we are going to be reviewing some reading strategies. Today we are going to work on making connections while reading.

Good readers think while they read.  They notice when characters in the text experience things that they have too.  They notice when a character is feeling a way they have felt before.  When a character is visiting a place that the reader has been before, it's easy for that reader to get a good idea of what's going on in the story.  

Please practice this skill as you read for 20 minutes this evening. 
Then, in the comment section write and tell me the title and the author of the book you read. 
Let me and your friends know what connection you made while you were reading.
You can use these sentence stems to help you...

That reminds me of…That made me think of the time…I can relate….

11/13

This week we are going to be reviewing some reading strategies. Today we are going to work on making connections while reading.

Good readers think while they read.  They notice when characters in the text experience things that they have too.  They notice when a character is feeling a way they have felt before.  When a character is visiting a place that the reader has been before, it's easy for that reader to get a good idea of what's going on in the story.  

Please practice this skill as you read for 20 minutes this evening. 
Then, in the comment section write and tell me the title and the author of the book you read. 
Let me and your friends know what connection you made while you were reading.
You can use these sentence stems to help you...

That reminds me of…That made me think of the time…I can relate….

11/12

This week we are going to be reviewing some reading strategies. Today we are going to work on making connections while reading.

Good readers think while they read.  They notice when characters in the text experience things that they have too.  They notice when a character is feeling a way they have felt before.  When a character is visiting a place that the reader has been before, it's easy for that reader to get a good idea of what's going on in the story.  

Please practice this skill as you read for 20 minutes this evening. 
Then, in the comment section write and tell me the title and the author of the book you read. 
Let me and your friends know what connection you made while you were reading.
You can use these sentence stems to help you...

That reminds me of…That made me think of the time…I can relate….

11/8

This week in reading we are continuing to use Fix- Up strategies. We are learning about using context clues to help us figure out the meaning of unknown words. Read for 20 minutes. Record the Title of your book and the Author’s name. Write about a word that you used context clues to find the meaning for or tell about other reading strategies you used.

11/7

This week in reading we are continuing to use Fix- Up strategies. We are learning about using context clues to help us figure out the meaning of unknown words. Read for 20 minutes. Record the Title of your book and the Author’s name. Write about a word that you used context clues to find the meaning for or tell about other reading strategies you used.

11/6

Happy Election Day!

This week in reading we are continuing to use Fix- Up strategies. We are learning about using context clues to help us figure out the meaning of unknown words. Read for 20 minutes. Record the Title of your book and the Author’s name. Write about a word that you used context clues to find the meaning for or tell about other reading strategies you used.

11/5

This week in reading we are continuing to use Fix- Up strategies. We are learning about using context clues to help us figure out the meaning of unknown words. Read for 20 minutes. Record the Title of your book and the Author’s name. Write about a word that you used context clues to find the meaning for or tell about other reading strategies you used.

11/1

Hi readers! This week we are learning about Fix Up strategies. Readers use these strategies to help them when they get to a "clunk" in their reading. A "clunk" occurs when a reader does not understand what they read or are reading. A few strategies we are discussing include reading on, going back in the text and re-reading, and asking ourselves if what we read made sense. Read 20 minutes. Record the title and author of your book. Write about a Fix Up or other reading strategy you used to help you overcome a "clunk" or challenge in your reading.