Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, March 1, 2013

Lead 21 . . .

Our guided reading stories this week were fables. We learned that fables are stories that are made up in order to teach a lesson/message/moral. Here are some of our friends reading their fables to the class. See if you can pinpoint the message!

The Golden Touch

Read by Layton

The Spider and the Honey Tree
Read by Payton

(Sorry.... Payton's text is cut in half! My iPad battery only supported 1 1/2 minutes)

The Raven and the Peacock
Read by Kylee

The Lion and the Mouse
Read by Landen

Fact Families!! In math we have been working with fact families. We have introduced Fact Triangles (which I am sure you have seen with Math Homework). The class has been playing a variety of math games to help them gain more comfort with fact families! Next week we will continue using numbers and investigating how they fit together as a family!

Wanted...

In the past 2 weeks, 4 pairs of headphones have been broken in our classroom (not purposefully!). We are in desperate need of working headphones to get us through the year! We use headphones daily when using computers, iPads, and CD players. If you have headphones to spare at home or stop by WalMart/Alco and would like to donate a pair, our class would be grateful!!

Happy 7th Birthday Landen!

February 28, 2013

Next Week

Monday: Art

Tuesday: Music

Wednesday: World Read Aloud Day!

** Skype Session with Lime Springs 1st grade!

Thursday: Library

** Special Snack: Payton

Friday: P.E.

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 1, 2013

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