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March is Trustworthiness!
Are you Trustworthy? Do you do your job as a student?
What can be do to show others that we trustworthy? Do you keep your word?
Dont forget
The Golden Rule:
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!
Now that the weather is getting warmer,
please try and enjoy some time outside. I think everyone has a little bit of spring fevor!
DAILY FIVE
As an integral part of our Literacy curriculum, we will be introducing
the "DAILY FIVE" to students. Each week a new component will be introduced, practiced, and reinforced to encourage
students to become independent readers, writers, and thinkers engaged in meaningful activities.
Read to Self
We began our first few days building up our reading stamina
and discussed our "URGENCY" and the "why" we read to ourselves! Our classes have established guidelines
and have been practicing and are up to 6 minutes of reading independently.
The students have settled into
the routine and practiced choosing "good fit" books.
Read
to Someone
We will begin integrating this practice into our Daily 5 in
the coming weeks. Students will learn the guidelines for reading to someone else much like they learned to read to themself,
with great focus and a goal of becoming a better reader. Students will read together building
fluency and understanding as they listen to each other read and question for comprehension.
Work
on Writing
We have recently discussed the writing component to our Daily 5. Students
talked about the importance of writing and the various ways to practice writing. This is an opportunity for students
to simply relax and use any form of writing they choose whether it be a formal or friendly letter, a narrative essay about
something of interest, a list of topics they enjoy, poetry, or a silly storyline. We often miss chances for our students
to practice what we have taught in regards to improving our writing. The writing portion of the Daily 5 offers students
the opportunity to carry over what they have learned in our whole group writing activities.
Word
Work
Word work enables students to work individually with words they are learning in
class. Such words may include vocabulary words from a particular unit, or the spelling words we strive to spell correctly
for future writing experiences. Students will have the opportunity to work hands on with various materials forming
the connections necessary for retention.
Listen to Reading
The last component of the Daily 5 to be introduced will be listening to reading. Students
will listen to recordings of stories to build fluency and to enhance listening skills that carrying over to other activities.
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