Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, October 18, 2013

Fall is upon us… and I am happy to see that all of our kiddos are remembering to bring coats and hats and mittens~

WANTED: Pumpkins to do carving. Do you have any in your garden to donate? We are looking for 4-5 large pumpkins for Thursday, October 31^st! Also wanted is parents to help carve these pumpkins from 10:15-11:00 … you may stay for lunch if you would like! Please call or send an email if interested!

Homework Packets: I will be adding our Theme 2 (Lead 21) comprehension strategy packet to your child’s reading folder. It may be kept in there during the month of November and used to help reinforce strategies at home. If you have this packet from “Friends and Family” completed you can send it back! I will give your child a prize!

LaCrosse Children’s Museum was an awesome field trip for our first grade class! We had beautiful weather, a great presentation from the humane society, and we had plenty of time to explore all levels of the museum! Thanks to Tom, Jeanne, Michelle, and Mike for helping out!

Let’s Look at Next Week:

Monday: Library & Guidance

* Respect! Wear Yellow *

Tuesday: Art

* Chipshoppe Packets DUE! *

* Caring! Wear red! *

Wednesday: 3 Hour Early Out

* All-District “Crisis Drill”

(Please see attached note)

* Responsibility! Wear green!

Thursday: Music

* Citizens! Purple

Friday: PE

Reading Strategies

Determine Important Information

When students read, they should pick out the most important ideas. The most important ideas are the ones the author wants readers to remember.

Compare and Contrast

When we compare certain things, we tell how they are alike or the same. When we contrast things, we tell how they are different!!

Make Inferences

Making inferences helps readers make sense of what they read. Sometimes the author doesn't tell us everything we need to understand. We can use clues in the story and what we already know to help fill in gaps which the author has left in the text. This is called MAKING INFERENCES!

Identify Text Structure

Stories are set up in different ways. They usually are told in sequence, or the order in which events happen. Knowing how a story is set up, or its structure, can help a reader remember the story.

Identify Details & Facts

Finding small bits of information that tells us more about important ideas.

Making Predictions

Using clues from the story and what you already know to guess what will happen next.

Summarize

Tell in your own words what has happened in the story or text.

Ask and Answer Questions

Asking questions and looking for answers in the text or pictures will help you to understand what you read!

Facts and Opinions

Facts and be proven! They are TRUE!

Opinions are people's thoughts. They might not be true! When giving an opinion, you might hear "I think...."

Monitor Comprehension

Stop and think about what you are reading. Are you understanding what you are reading? If not, use an accuracy strategy to help.

Recall and Retell

Tell about the setting, characters and most important events in the beginning, middle, and end of the text. Readers gain a better understanding of what a story is about when they can recall events from a story.

Make Connections

Use what you already know to understand what you are reading. We use text to text connections. We use text to self connections. And we use text to world connections.

Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, October 18, 2013

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