Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, February 7, 2014

Weekly Update

We began Unit 4 in Lead 21. This week we learned that soil, air, water, plants, animals, and rocks are some of earth’s natural resources. We discussed how we can conserve those natural resources by recycling, turning off the water while brushing our teeth, and by throwing less things into the garbage.

This week we introduced homophones as a vocabulary strategy to help us with our reading. When you read out of your child’s reading folders at home, ask your child to identify any homophones in his/her book.

* Homophones are 2-3 words that SOUND the same, but have DIFFERENT meanings & spellings *

too two to

sea see

by bye buy

which witch

won one

If you “liked” our Crestwood Elementary Class 1B Facebook page you probably saw our Animoto videos that we created about cities. If you did not get to see them, check them out below:

Have you signed up for PT Conferences? Some families have been experiencing difficulties with the link provided. PLEASE call or email me if you would like me to schedule your child’s conference!! I am excited to meet with each family to discuss the progress of your child!

A Peek at Next Week:

Monday: Library

Tuesday: Art

Wednesday: P.E.

Thursday: Music

Friday: P.E.

A Look Ahead:

Monday, February 17^th: NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, February 18^th: 1 Hour Early Out

* PT Conferences *

Thursday, February 18^th: 1 Hour Early Out

* PT Conferences *

Friday, February 21^st: NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, February 26^th: 3 Hour Early Dismissal

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, February 7, 2014

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