Week 36- Continue 6.3: “A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.”

News & Calendar:

  • Log your reading days before school on Monday: RTSUtah.com
  • THANK YOU to all of you who brought us so many wonderful notes, gifts, and classroom supplies last week for Teacher Appreciation week! We feel very loved and spoiled. 🙂
  • Don’t forget to do great at these 3 things so that you can earn time at Win-it-in-a-Minute!
    • 1) Logging reading
    • 2) Working on reading fluency and comprehension goals, and
    • 3) Behaving well in class
  • Speaking of Win-it-in-a-Minute, please contact our CPR’s Stacie Huo if you are able to volunteer to help that day: Tuesday, May 26th.
  • You can also contact her if you would like to volunteer for Field Day: Tuesday, June 2nd from 9-11 a.m. Let me know if you need her contact info.

 

Main Objectives for this week:

Students will be able to…

… continue reading and comprehending this week’s selection, “Martin Luther King, Jr.,” focusing on the comprehension strategy, “Adjusting Reading Speed.”

… read and retell the decodable story #48: “Polish Communities in Detroit.”

… learn & practice this week’s poem: “May,” sung to the tune of “Are You Sleeping?”

 

Objectives from our “Imagine It!” Program:

Reading Informational Text:

I can describe key details in an informational text using the questions who, what, when, where, why and how.

I can identify the main idea and details that support it in informational text.

I can identify the main topic and supporting details in text.

I can use strategies to figure out the meaning of words and phrases.

I can comprehend informational text by clarifying, summarizing and asking/answering questions while I read.

 

Reading Foundational Skills:

I can recognize and read words with the /ow/ and /aw/ vowel team spelling patterns.

I can read the suffixes –er and –ness independently and behind base/root words.

I can read words with inflectional endings and the comparative ending –er independently and behind base/root words.

I can identify the purpose of informational text and check my understanding while I read.

I can read text with purpose and understanding.

I can fluently read on-level text focusing on pace.

 

Writing:

I can write a narrative using the writing process.

I can improve my writing by revising and editing spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

I can make conjectures (predictions) for my inquiry question and record them in my writer’s notebook.

 

Speaking and Listening:

I can follow rules for participating in discussions including listening, asking appropriate questions, building upon others comments, and staying on topic.

I can remember and tell others the important details that I have heard or read.

I can tell a story or recount an experience with relevant facts and details.

 

Language:

I can spell words using the /aw/ and /ow/ spelling patterns.

I can figure out the meaning of a word by knowing the meaning of parts of the word.

I can use context, affixes, root words, or compound words to clarify the meaning of unknown words.

I can discover and use new words and phrases acquired through reading, listening, and conversation.

 

Spelling

  1. now
  2. tower
  3. shawl
  4. claw
  5. owl
  6. tawny
  7. pause
  8. shower
  9. clown
  10. awe
  11. pounding
  12. applaud
  13. awkward
  14. automatic
  15. bouncing

 

Spelling Homework this week:

Monday– “Copy 3x”= copy the words you missed on the pretest 3 times

Tuesday & Wednesday– Choose any two other ways to study your words, including any of the following:

“Triple Color Words”= write words in pencil, then trace over top using 3 different colors

5 Sentences”= write 5 Sentences with at least 1 spelling word in each sentence

Snap-Clap”= spell the word out loud while clapping for the consonants, & snapping for the vowels

Thursday Test!

 

 

Common Core Standards we are focusing on that match this week’s objectives:

RI 2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. (T206-T208, T236)

RI 2.2: Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. (T232, T234, T244, T246)

RI 2.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area. (T200-T201, T221)

RI 2.10: By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. (T206-Y209, T218-T221)

RF 2.3.b: Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes. (T230-T231)

RF 2.4.a: Read on-level text with purpose and understanding. (T199, T247)

RF 2.4.b: Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. (T223)

W 2.5: With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing. (T252-T253)

W 2.7: Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations). (T210-T211)

SL 2.1.b: Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others. (T222)

SL 2.2: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. (T222)

SL 2.2: Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. (T222)

L 2.2.d: Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage – badge; boy – boil). (T239)

L 2.4.b: Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell). (T230-T231)

L 2.6: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy.) (T222, T224-T225)

 

Mystery Question

Your student will receive a SOAR ticket if he or she writes the answer to the “Mystery Question” in the planner & brings it to me sometime before Friday.

What are the three ways that I can earn time for “Win-it-in-a-Minute?”

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