Reading/Writing/Spelling News

READING NEWS:

This week we will be starting our new Reader’s Workshop unit: book series and clubs. Our reader’s will be paired up with a partner and they will each read two books from the same series to compare and contrast the two stories. This week we will preview and plan to read series books. We will also notice patterns in their characters actions and behaviors as they read.

WRITING NEWS:

This week we continued our writer’s workshop personal essay writing. We will learn how to organize our ideas using idea/detail charts and parallel structure. We will create introductions for their personal essays and support their point of view with evidence in the form of focused short stories.

SPELLING NEWS:

Spelling this week is letter blends (-or, -ur, -ear, and -ir). Every child gets a hard copy of their spelling words each Monday to take home to study. Please double check to make sure that they have it in their take home folder.

word

fur

early

circus

turn

skirt

earth

work

curl

learn

hurt

dirt

earn

shirt

heard

Our 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 February reading log. Those reading logs will be due March 2^nd.