This week Ms. Deshon has been introducing six of the most common informational text structures. Students have been engaged in educational games to practice naming them, completing exit slips to check their understanding of the daily topic, and listening to mentor texts which model the text structure. In addition to all of this great work students have been working in small guided skill groups to practice identifying key words that lead them to figure out the text structure as well as trying to write a paragraph using a particular text structure. During their independent practice time, students have been reading, writing 2 things that they have learned and a confusing part, and finally discussing their reading and learning with a partner.
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Mrs. Schall’s Reading Update
*2nd Quarter Home Reading Logs are due this week by January 23rd. We are updating our paperwork for the 40 Book Challenge. I will be handing out a new 3rd quarter reading log on Friday.
Dear families,
My name is Jacki Deshon and I'm a student teacher from the University of Maine. I'll be working with your fourth graders alongside Mrs. Schall for the next seven weeks and I am really looking forward to this experience. I have wanted to be a teacher ever since being in elementary school myself when I would round up my younger cousins and make them my students! Most of my hands-on experience this far has been with first and second graders so I am very excited to step into the world of upper elementary and be a part of your child's year! Today we read the book Snowflake Bentley, which is a biography about the life of Wilson A. Bentley. Here is a short book summary from Goodreads.com "From the time he was a small boy in Vermont, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal. Bentley's enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his time, but his patience and determination revealed two important truths: no two snowflakes are alike; and each one is startlingly beautiful. His story is gracefully told and brought to life in lovely woodcuts, giving children insight into a soul who had not only a scientist's vision and perseverance but a clear passion for the wonders of nature. Snowflake Bentley won the 1999 Caldecott Medal." Then we read an informational article about snowflakes. Students read to find out: Where do they come from?, Why do they all look different?, and What other elements affect its shape? We concluded with a snow craftivity! Check out the slideshow below, for pictures of the book, Wilson Bentley's work, and our work. |
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