Patricia PolaccoStudents explored a variety of works by Patricia Polacco through read- alouds, digital reading, partner reading, and solo reading this week. If you are not familiar with Polacco's books, I invite you to take a title recommendation from your child. Her stories are filled with relatable themes for children and adults. Ask your child to share with you! While reading, students were working to identify themes and used our signposts for fiction literature to help us better comprehend the reading. Following the reading, students practiced their summary writing skills and wrote about theme. We are working on not only identifying theme, but finding evidence in the text to support the themes. Ask your child to talk to you about this! Reflecting on FamilyFamily feathers turned out great and our class turkey (and his teeny sidekick) is proudly adorning our 4th grade hallway. Students used their feathers and an additional activity as prewriting for their family essays. We are working on essay structure in class, so we practiced this week after reflecting on what we appreciate so much about our families. Some students are still finishing up this week. Ask your child to share with you once his/her writing is complete. Students are posting this piece to Kidblog. Ask your child about how to organize an essay! We will be building on the structure above and our end goal is for students to write persuasive essays. We have many more steps to help us develop and improve our writing, but I am thrilled with what I am seeing in class so far. The stamina these kids are showing is impressive! Everybody CountsThank you to the moms who helped to bring the Everybody Counts program to Team 4W last week! I have included a series of pictures below to help with talking to your child about his/her learning.
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Molly
11/24/2013 04:52:12 am
Love the family feathers!
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Kimberly Walther
11/26/2013 10:31:13 pm
Glad you like them! You are very welcome!
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