Today we went to the library for the first part of class and had a round of Daily 5 afterwards. We teamed up with Mrs. Bailey’s class and worked on making inferences based on facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, and camera angles on key scenes from the show, “Smallville”. The students did very well with this activity. We will continue with figurative language tomorrow!
Homework
- Read 20 minutes & respond on reading log
- I sent home a small letter explaining that we are going to do a book analysis study on Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. I will have a class set in my own classroom but it would be beneficial if your student had a copy of their own that they could annotate in as we are performing learning activities with the book or deeply discussing it’s literary elements. I will be putting in a book order for this book along with any other Scholastic books your student would like from this month’s book order on Friday January 20th. The cost of Tuck Everlasting is $1.00. If your student is interested, please have them fill in the order slip I sent home and bring in $1.oo next week. The books will arrive just in time to begin our study of it!
- In addition, I sent home Scholastic Book orders last week. If you are interested in ordering, I will be submitting this order Friday as well! You can send the money with your student to school or order online here: https://clubs.scholastic.com/home
- Class code: N8M2H (You can purchase Tuck Everlasting online through this site as well)
- NWEA testing is approaching! (NEXT WEEK!!) Please ensure that your student is reading their “good fit” book at home 5 times a week! The only way to improve in reading is to practice reading! Talking about what they are reading will help boost their comprehension tremendously. Ask them questions about what they are reading to become involved! You can find some great questioning ideas here! https://www.shmemorial.org/cms/lib8/NJ01912932/Centricity/Domain/55/Parent%20Flyer_Book%20talk.pdf