update 10-20

1st quarter ends today!  We had a great day cleaning out and reflecting on our quarter in writing.  Your child is bringing home a letter today that shows their reflection as writers.  Attached to the letter are some samples of their writing pieces from the quarter.  We also went to the computer lab for kids to choose one piece to further revise and submit for publication (for me to grade).

Early this week, the kids also chose a skill to work on regarding informational text.  See sample work below.  One is on main idea, the other vocabulary, and lastly summarizing.


Annotation is a skill that we have also worked on to show our thinking as reading.  See an example below.

This week in class we finished up informational text with a skill review, summative, informational book talk, and lots of choice reading time.  We practiced presenting our informational book talks to a small group with the goal of getting kids excited and wanting to read our books.  Kids gave each other feedback and should have brought that home to show you.  The book projects were turned in yesterday and fabulous! See pics below.

Next week, we start back into fictional text and will be comparing characters, setting, plot, and theme.  Reading Counts continues into the second quarter and kids will be making goals for themselves based on progress from 1st quarter.  Please check their planners to see their goals.