Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, October 25, 2013

On The Move

We began Theme 2 in Lead 21 this week! The question we are answering is “how do plants and animals grow and change?” We are currently reading a book about deserts and included are examples of certain plants and animals who live in the desert!

Would you like to know more about this theme? Log-in to the Lead 21 website using the username/password on the index card I sent home last week! Click on Unit 2 and take a virtual field trip, check out the books your child is reading, and interact in some of the games the website has to offer!

WANTED:

1. Carving Pumpkins for our Thursday Halloween celebration!

2. Parent Volunteers to help with carving at 10:15 on Thursday!

** Please contact me if you can help out!!

F.Y.I. The district is now requiring that all parents, grandparents, etc. complete a background check even to volunteer in the classroom, on a field trip, etc. even one time! If you are interested in helping out this school year but have not completed a background check, please let me know and I can send a background check home! If you are not sure whether you have completed a background check I can get you that information as well!

A Peek at Next Week:

Monday: Library

Tuesday: Art

Wednesday: No Special

* Report Cards Sent Home *

Thursday: Music

* Halloween Celebration *

Friday: P.E.

Please remember to log-in and sign up for PT Conferences!! If the program is not working for you, please let me know with either a call, email, or note what your day/time preferences are and I would be happy to schedule your conference! My Monday night is filling up fast!!

I look forward to meeting with you to discuss your child’s progress on either Monday, November 4^th

Thursday, November 7^th

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 25, 2013

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