Reading Slip Information …Tuesday
Timeline Project …Friday
Math Vocab …Tuesday
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Combining Best Teaching Practices with Sports to Improve Learning
Launching Writer’s Notebook: From the Heart
Lesson #1
On the first page of our Writer’s Notebook (WNB), we drew a large heart. Then, we broke our heart into pieces putting the name of a person, place, or things in that section. This page will give us lots of option to write about throughout the year. Check out the example below…
Reading Slip Information
Today you should find a Reading Slip among your child’s papers. Each night your child should be involved with a text in some way for at least 30 minutes. There are various ways to do this.
* Your child can choose a text and read it silently.
* Your child can read out loud to a family member or friend.
* You can read out loud to your child.
* Your child and you can take turns reading a text aloud.
After reading, your child should complete the RS receipt. Most mornings, your child will return the slip with your signature to me. I’ll read through all the slips and then discuss the book with your child. Make their brains think about the text. Ask them some questions about what they read. Make them earn your signature!! See example below.
Reading Slip Discussion Questions
These questions will be helpful for Reading Slip discussions. Pick one or two and discuss them with your child before you give them your endorsement on the Reading Slip.
Intro
From the book’s title and synopsis, what do you think this book will be about?
Do you think you’ll like it? Why? Why not?
Characters
Are there any powerful characters in the story? What makes them that way?
Who is the most interesting character? Why
Perspective
Who tells the story?
Whose point of view is used in the story?
Plot
How did the author begin the story to engage the reader?
What is the story problem? How do you think it will be solved?
Setting
Where and when does the story take place?
Where else could the story take place?
Theme
What is the author’s message?
What is the story really about?
Do you think the title is appropriate for story?
What does the story mean to you?
Why did the author write this story?
Setting
Could the setting be a real place that exists in our time?
Is the place important in the story? How?
Setting
What words did the author use to describe the place?
What can you hear,see,or feel as you read?
Setting
How important is the place or time in the story?
How much time passes in the story?
In another time or place how would the story change?
Setting
How did the author control the passing of time?
How is the setting like another place you know?
Does the season or time affect the characters or the plot of the story?
Plot
What choices did the characters have?
How does a characters actions affect other people in the story?
What was the most important part of the story?
Plot
How would you describe the story’s shape?
What is the high point of the story?
What are the important events in the story?
Plot
What are the order of events in the story?
Could any of the events be change or could any of them be left out?
Where you able to predict the story ending?
How did the story end?
Plot
If you were the author, would you change the ending? How?
What clues did the author give to allow the reader to predict the ending?
Plot
What lessons did this story teach about life?
What do you think will happen next in the story?
Plot
What do you think will happen next to the characters after the story ends?
Do you think the story really could have happened?
Perspective
What other voices could tell the story?
How would the story be different if told from another character’s eyes?
Characters
Who is the most important character? Why?
Which character is the fairest? Why?
Characters
Who is the bravest character? Why?
Which character taught you something?
Characters
Who else could be in the story?
What choices did a character have?
Characters
How does the author/illustrator reveal the character?(Look at what the character does, says, or thinks;or what others say ABOUT the character.)
Characters
How does one of the characters change? Why? How?
Which characters change and which don’t?
Characters
How is character change important in the story?
Who is a character that plays a small role? Why is this character important?
Characters
What did you learn from one character in the story?
How did the characters feel about one another? Why?
Are the characters believable? Why or why not?
Timeline Project
1.A - Construct time lines to demonstrate an understanding of units of time and chronological order.
Select 10 disc cards and use them to create a timeline.
Color code the events you picked for your timeline. You should have a one sentence summary about the historical event.
News=Blue
Sports=Red
Weather=Orange
Technology=Yellow
Entertainment/Pop Culture=Purple
Industry/Business=Green
Click on the Thumbnail for ideas on how to create your timeline.
Thumbnail from usfweb2.usf.edu Your project should be finished by this Friday!
ReadWriteThink: Student Materials: Timeline
Click Here to Make A Horizontal Time Line
Click Here to Make A Vertical Time Line
OurTimeLines.com - Create Timeline
Discovery Streaming:
- Just the Facts: It’s about Time: Historic Time
- Chronological Thinking: Creating a Timeline
Word Wall: Fizzle and Sizzle
As Dodgers start to fizzle, Rockies sizzle
Replace the HIGHLIGHTED words with new synomns.