In writer’s workshop we will near the end of our narrative unit of study. We will discuss how to edit a piece that we plan on sharing with the class (students will share in a writing celebration in the next few weeks). We will learn how writers re-read their stories and think about what they can do from everything they know about good writing to make their work the best it can be.
We will also discuss how writers try to spell their words, they reread each word to make sure it looks right, then they may even need to change it to make it more readable. We will review “When we are done we have just begun” and how to write a TRUE story (see below). Partners will continue to practice working together and we will review how we can plan our book before we begin. We will focus on adding more details to our pictures-not just drawing pictures that are floating in the middle of the page. Students will be writing an introduction page to grab the readers attention such as “One dark night,” “One sunny day,” and thinking about the who, what, and where their story takes place to help with details in our pictures and writing. We will also continue to work on incorporating how they felt and add speech bubbles to our pictures too. What you can do at home: have students practice sounding out words and writing down the sounds they hear on paper and draw pictures with details and label their pictures. You can also remind students that when writing, the first letter in a sentence is uppercase and the rest is lower case, there are finger spaces between words, and periods at the end of sentences. We will continue to work on this in class. - Students will continue reading fiction (old favorite storybooks) books from their book bins independently and with a partner and will also continue to read learn about the world books. We will focus on how “Readers Learn From Books, Too” and “We are Storybook Readers.” (Please see below). Our minilessons will be about how we talk more and more like the characters, look at the pictures and words, etc. What you can do at home: Read every night like you are working with a partner (sit side by side, have a book in the middle, read back and forth, etc.) and ask your child questions about what she/he is reading about. For students who need to work on letters and letter sounds, you can have students find letters around the house and ask them what sounds they make. -For phonics we will review all previously taught letters and sounds (C, O, A, D, G, M) and discuss the letter/sounds of L and T. You can practice these letters and sounds at home too. Here is a great letter/sound song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTeUONxZYAs
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