October 10 - 14

Reading:

In Reading this week, we are reading Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride by George Selden on pages 134B-134H. This fictional selection is about a cricket's amazing journey through New York City, riding on a pigeon. The strategies to revisit while reading are Predict & Infer and Monitor & Clarify.

We're also reading The Parcel Post Kid by Michael O. Tunnell on pages 134I-134L. This nonfiction text is a true story about a girl who makes an incredible trip to visit her grandmother-- as a package! The strategy to revisit while reading are Questioning and Summarizing.

Our Focus Skill is Text Structure, pages 73-74 on FCAT Reading Specifications.
LA.4.1.7.5 The student will identify the text structure an author uses (e.g., comparison/contrast, cause/effect, sequence of events) and explain how it impacts meaning in text.

Social Studies:In Social Studies this week we continued studying the geography of Florida. We finished working in chapter one lesson one and completed the accompanying workbook pages. We also, reviewed our map skills studied in previous weeks.

Writing:

In Writing this week, we continued working with narrative stories with a focus on precise word choice.

Every student is going to receive the opportunity to publish their own book. The students will work through the process of writing a book, visiting all stages of writing: planning, prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading/editing, publishing, and illustrating and their stories. The books the students are writing can be on any topic and in any format. We began planning for the book writing this week. The students created writing folders with pages similar to that of the final draft. Every student published masterpiece will be available for purchase.