Learning this week has been AWESOME!!! Here are a few snapshots!
READING - One of my absolutely favorite reading "tools" to teach students is from a professional book I read last year called Notice and Note. The foundation of the book is that all fictional stories have "signposts," just like streets have roadsigns. And just like responsible drivers pay attention to those road signs, responsible readers pay attention to signposts. I dare you to ask your child about the significance of each signpost to see if you can find an example of each of these in the books you've read! (i.e.: I'm currently reading The Book Thief, which begins with three memory moments about Liesel, the main character). Over the coming days and weeks we will go deeper with each of these signposts to learn more about what to watch for (NOTICE), and what we should ponder or question (NOTE).
We dug into our current issue of National Geographic Explorer. These magazines have become one of my very favorite resources for teaching informational (non-fiction) text. Our article focused on cheetahs and how these animals survive in the wild. Students were seriously impressed by some of the physical features of these animals. Our task was to read the article, then reread in search of information about where cheetahs live and what they are like in order to take notes, and then research further in our second source, Big Cats by Seymour Simon. Pulling from multiple sources helped us synthesize information to gain a more holistic perspective of these animals. This ability to read, understand, and synthesize information on a topic from multiple sources is a huge skill for students as they mature as readers and researchers.
SPELLING / GRAMMAR - Oh...just worked a little on how to add suffixes to words and some common spelling "rules." Also spent a good chunk of time on prepositions and prepositional phrases, but of course I forgot to snap a picture of that page. Oops!
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