This week we will shift our focus to a new comprehension strategy called creating visual images. In this comprehension strategy, readers use pieces of text to create a visual image in their mind. When discussing this strategy, we often relate to it to "creating a movie in our minds" as we read text. This week, our mentor text for practicing the strategy of creating visual images will be The Paperboy.
In Writer's Workshop, we shift gears from expository writing back to personal narrative writing. The writing diamond will be our road map for personal narrative writing this year. This week, we will introduce the diamond as well as the first piece, entertaining beginnings. Entertaining beginnings allow the author to create an exciting start to the story and capture the reader's attention right away. We have four strategies for entertaining beginnings. They are dialogue, action, sound effect and thought or feeling.
In math, we will continue to work on word problems. We will also work on estimating and rounding to the nearest ten as well as introduce double digit addition with and without regrouping. We will also be assessing the trimester one report card descriptors in math this week.
Mapping will be our last social studies topic for the trimester. The essential concepts for trimester one are understanding a map key and the compass rose. We will use the text connections Me on the Map and Mapping Penny's World as part of this unit.
We will be sharing and displaying our nocturnal animal projects this Thursday from 915-10 in the cafeteria. This is an open format, so feel free to stop in anytime with our 45 minute window and check out our projects! Hope to see you there!
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