Week of Oct. 19th -23rd

Literacy

Book Report: Book Children should continue to read a book for the next book report. It will be due Oct. 29th. Read, read, and read at home every day!

Read Aloud
This week we will read a book about poems, “Big, Bad, and a Little bit Scary”, by Wade Zahares. We will focus on visualizing, and using context clues.

We will also read the book “Imagine a Day”, by Sarah L. Thomson. This book will be used as an introductory activity to this week’s Independent Writing sample: Imagine a Day When…

Read Aloud for fun! We will try to finish “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing”, by Judy Blume.

Shared Reading:
Poem “The Shark", by Lord Alfred Douglas, we will focus on visualizing and using context clues.

Interactive Writing:

Sentences with appositives: We will use the information we have learned about China to write sentences that use appositives.

“Big, Bad, and a Little Bit Scary”, we will be writing a chart listing every animal we read a poem about and a word or phrase that describes the animal. We will be using the list later on to write sentences that include appositives so we can practice how to use commas.

Interactive Editing:

China, a Great Place: We will continue to learn about China. This week we will be writing about The Great Wall of China.

Independent Writing:

“Big, Bad, and a Little Bit Scary”: Students will be writing sentences that use appositives about the animals we read on the poems. For example: The Eel, a slippery creature, slips easily out of sight.

“Imagine a Day”: Students will respond to this writing prompt: “Imagine a day… when you could do anything you wanted…, they will describe this day starting with the morning, moving onto the afternoon, and concluding with the night.

Students will also participate in Guided Writing groups and Centers.

New Word Wall Words: when, always, appear, and decided