Reading Week of September 28

I am sooo pleased with the students' progress so far this year!! Here is an outline of what we will be focused on this week in Reader's and Writer's Workshop:



Reading focus this week: students will practice using sequence in a story...throughout the week they will find words that show sequence such as first, next, after that, finally and also use those words to put story events in the correct order that they happened.

Our story this week is The Lost and Found. Read the story with your child and ask question such as what happened after...___________(give an event in the story) Or ask what happened before __________ in the story. You can use any of the books they are reading for practice. Students are also assigned the question on pg 116 # 2-5 to complete for comprehension practice.


Students are also assigned vocabulary words on page 90. They should define them in their readers notebooks and study them throughout the week..test on Friday.

Language focus this week: students will practice identifying the 4 kinds of sentences...statement, question, exclamation and command. You should find activities that they have completed in class in their language notebook...test will be on Friday.

Spelling focus this week: students are studying words with the long vowel sounds spelled with the vowel-consonant-vowel pattern...specifically the silent e...such as hope. Test will be on Friday.

Writer's Workshop: students will choose a piece of their writing..a story...that they want to take through the writing process. They will chose a piece of writing from their writers notebook, revise, edit and publish their story using the chart that we create in the classroom as their guide.
This piece of writing will be scored and added as a grade toward their Language grade.

Final Thoughts:
Please continue to monitor your child to make sure they are completing their reading logs daily. These are a part of their reading grade and zeros can begin to hurt their grade if they get too many. I collect the folders every Friday and grade them. If they are behind they can complete the log over the weekend and still earn their points.

Many times parents ask me how can I help my child do better in reading? My answer...have them read...with you or independently...the way to become a better reader is to read!!!

Until next time,
R.O'Steen