Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, March 22, 2013

In Lead 21 we began a new theme: "A Perfect Place to Live." For the next 4 weeks we will be discussing forest, desert, water, and grassland habitats! We have begun using Glogster to document our learning. This will be our inquiry project for the month!

In Math we have introduced the quarter and practiced trading with money. We revisited telling time to the half hour and quarter hour!! Practice, practice, practice!!

Items Wanted... during the next few weeks we will be doing "munchie math." These are the items that we will need to make it possible. Please let me know if you are interested in donating any:

~ 2 bags of pretzel sticks

~ 1 bag of cheerio cereal

~ 2 bags of jelly beans

~ 2 bags of white popcorn

~ 1 bag of cheese popcorn

~ 2 boxes of Gold Fish

Let's take a look at next week!!

Monday: Art

Tuesday: Music

Wednesday: 3 Hour Early Out

* Happy Birthday Preston! *

Thursday

Thursday: Library

Special Snack: Brady

Friday: NO SCHOOL

* Happy Birthday Kylee*

Monday, April 1st: NO SCHOOL

** HAPPY EASTER!! **

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, March 22, 2013

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