Reading:
Every child learns differently. Therefore, in reading, we will start off the year by studying how people learn and what good learners do. Students will take a learning style inventory quiz to figure out how they learn best. This will help me become familiar with your child's learning style so that I can match my instructional methods to meet his or her needs. The results can also help parents make education more meaningful and successful at home. Therefore, ask your child whether he or she is a kinesthetic, auditory, or visual learner and have a discussion about it.
What do good readers do as they read? Throughout the year we will learn all about helpful reading strategies that will enable your child to become a stronger and more successful lifelong reader. Please encourage your child to read and state the main idea, recall facts and details, sequence events, summarize the story, recognize cause and effect relationships, compare and contrast information, make predictions, find word meaning in context, draw conclusions, make inferences, distinguish between fact and opinion, identify the author's purpose, interpret figurative language, and make connections.
Through close reading, whole group, and small group discussions, all students will use strategies to investigate topics and interpret a variety of texts across multiple genres.
Reading Instructional Units:
Unit 1: Creating a Literate Environment and Developing Active Readers
Unit 2: Investigating Fiction
Unit 3: Investigating Nonfiction
Unit 4: Investigating Persuasive Text and Debates
Unit 5: Investigating Biographies
Unit 6: Investigating Poetry and Drama
Unit 7: Research (Covered during Library and Computer Lab hours)
Writing/Spelling/Language Arts:
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