Reading/ Writing/ Spelling News

READING NEWS:

This week we will be starting our Understanding Characters unit. We will start the week by getting familiar with our new read aloud, Because of Winn Dixie. We will then learn how we connect to our characters by noticing and paying close attention to the way a character behaves in the story. Next we will create theories about their characters based on details we notice. Lastly we will connect to characters through Empathy. We will do this by imagining ourselves in the story.

WRITING NEWS:

We will focus on two new types of leads in our writing: question and talking leads. We will review a number of examples of both types of leads and then practice writing our own leads. As always, we will do our 20 minute quick write on a number of different topics to wake up our brain!

SPELLING NEWS:

Spelling words went home yesterday. (Words spelled with a long e sound, spelled ee and ea)

sheep

dream

street

east

treat

mean

wheels

peace

real

cheese

leave

stream

sweet

teacher

heat

The spelling test will be on Friday.

HOMEWORK: Your child should be studying their spelling words every night as well as reading 20 minutes and recording it on their November reading log that was placed in their homework tool kit. Those reading logs will be due December 1^st.