In reading this week we studied our genre focus on mysteries. We read two stories from the reading textbook, The Case of the Earthenware Pig, and The Sticks of Truth. We used these stories to complete a mini unit on the ingredients of a mystery. We discussed the elements that all mystery stories have in common, and completed a reader's theater where the student's got to "play" detective. Friday we completed our mysteries genre test, relating to the stories and concepts we covered.
Also, in reading this week we worked with the standard of main idea. We all want to become stronger readers, so practicing decoding the main idea or central theme of the story will help us master that skill.
We also, began our Book-it reading challenge "Race to Save the Words." Book-it is a reading program that rewards students for meeting their reading goals. Each month there is a 25 book challenge. For every student that meets their 25 book goal, they receive a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. "The Race to Save the Words" challenge is a separate activity the Book-it program created to get students excited about reading. Each week there is a new challenge that students must complete in order to get from Planet A to Planet Z on their classroom game board.
This weeks challenge was to load our rocket. We had to proceed around the class and have each student name an object they could bring on the rocket, starting with letter A continuing through until Z.
Writing:
In writing this week we kept with the mystery theme and planned and wrote our own narrative, mystery stories.
We also worked on our writing skills, and ways to enhance our writing papers. We discussed juicy color words and completed multiple in class activities for practice.
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