Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, November 1, 2013

Happy Halloween!

Thank you to the parents who made our Halloween Celebration possible! Thanks to the Voyna’s for donating 4 carving pumpkins and many smaller pumpkins for decorating! Thanks to Michelle & David Ahern, Tom Williams, and Shereen Ries for helping carve pumpkins!

Here are a few of our pictures from this week:

PT Conferences

I look forward to meeting with each of you on Monday or Thursday of next week! I sent a reminder of what day/time your child’s conference is scheduled for. Please let me know ASAP if that does not work! Please bring any questions with you. I will be sharing your child’s DIBELS and MAPS results with you!

Homework

I have never had a group of parents who work so well on homework with their child! I want to say “thank you” for being such attentive parents… Please continue setting your own “pace” for the activities that are being sent home.

Lead 21

We have begun our 2^nd week of “On the Move.” This week, we are asking/answering:

How do things move and change?

To answer this question, we are discussing the physical movements of people and animals, we are also discussing weather, nature, etc.

Math

We have begun our 3^rd unit of study in math. In this unit, we will be looking more closely at visual patterns, number patterns, and counting. We have been discussing number patterns this week and have identified even/odd numbers. On Wednesday, we have math “explorations” and the kiddos were active and engaged in various math centers that allowed them to use their expertise to solve math problems!

Let’s Look at Next Week

Monday: Library

1 Hour Early Dismissal

PT Conferences

Tuesday: Art

Thursday: Music

1 Hour Early Dismissal

PT Conferences

Friday: NO SCHOOL

Enjoy your 3 day weekend!!

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, November 1, 2013

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