Reader's & Writer's Workshops
and Fundations
Reader's Workshop:
We're launching our final reading unit, Series Book Clubs! In this unit, students will use all the skills they've learned this year to dive into book series. They will compare and contrast characters, their traits, problems, and themes. They will identify and analyze craft moves made by an author throughout a series!
We're launching our final reading unit, Series Book Clubs! In this unit, students will use all the skills they've learned this year to dive into book series. They will compare and contrast characters, their traits, problems, and themes. They will identify and analyze craft moves made by an author throughout a series!
Writer's Workshop:
We're wrapping up the year with writing some poetry! Students are encouraged to see ordinary objects with their "poet's eyes"...for example, an ordinary pair of scissors could be seen as a big-eyed fish or a hungry alligator with their poet's eyes. We also are learning to think of a BIG emotion, and then find one small, concrete detail that holds that feeling, using that object to inspire a poem. For example, joy is a BIG emotion...when do you feel joy? It could be when playing with your sister. What small detail can hold that joy? Perhaps your sister's giggle, and that's the focus of your poem!
We're wrapping up the year with writing some poetry! Students are encouraged to see ordinary objects with their "poet's eyes"...for example, an ordinary pair of scissors could be seen as a big-eyed fish or a hungry alligator with their poet's eyes. We also are learning to think of a BIG emotion, and then find one small, concrete detail that holds that feeling, using that object to inspire a poem. For example, joy is a BIG emotion...when do you feel joy? It could be when playing with your sister. What small detail can hold that joy? Perhaps your sister's giggle, and that's the focus of your poem!
Fundations:
Unit 17 Skills:
- Consonant-l-e syllables (ex: gobble)
- Combining and reviewing all 6 syllable types
- Trick words: trouble, couple, young
Unit 17 Skills:
- Consonant-l-e syllables (ex: gobble)
- Combining and reviewing all 6 syllable types
- Trick words: trouble, couple, young