Here are some pictures from our trip to the
Staten Island Children's Museum on December 3rd !
December Word Study
In the month of December we will continue to learn what a digraph blend is and we will be learning about closed syllables. (Words have parts that go together are called syllables. A syllable is a part of the word that can be pushed out in one breath.)
For example: Bat- is a one syllable word
Batman- is a two syllable word
A closed syllable has only one vowel but is enclosed with a consonant behind the vowel, making the short vowel sound. A closed syllable doesn't have to have a consonant in front of the vowel but it has to have one or more consonants behind the vowel.
For example: Bat ,at , and bath are closed syllables.
The way we mark the closed syllable is by scooping out one syllable and underlining it with a crescent and writing "c" under the mark. "C" stands for the closed syllable. Then put a breve above the vowel that makes the short vowel sound.
For example: last
Trick words: our, over, come,would, after, also
Words of the day: melt, brush, act, punch, ill, stiff
December Reading Workshop
December Reading Workshop
For
the month of December, students will be working on Monitoring for Meaning as
they read their fiction books.
Purpose:
The
purpose of this unit is to encourage students to stay involved in their
reading. This unit also allows the teacher to revisit strategies taught
earlier in the year and to teach students how these strategies need to change
as they move into reading higher level books.
Unit Goals:
∙ Students will read actively - staying
involved with their books by monitoring for meaning, connecting, predicting,
and having reactions to the text.
∙ Students will be partner reading, helping
each other work toward specific goals such as reading smoothly, reading
dialogue like the character, reading paying attention to punctuation, or
practicing retelling.
∙
Students will be able to use strategies that are
appropriate for the leveled text that they are reading.
December Writing Workshop
Writer's Workshop Update!
Our students have been working really hard on their Realistic Fiction stories. We will be editing and publishing our drafts, and will finish by Friday, December 11th.
Our writing celebration for Realistic Fiction will be.....
Our next writing unit will be How-To's!
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