In writing workshop the students are learning to write reviews.
They are writing reasons to support their opinions.
We will continue getting super smart about non fiction topics and learning to teach other through our writing.
During reading the students are learning to write about non-fiction, compare stories, and write about problems and solutions in fiction books.
The students celebrated their writing with a third grade class by sharing their small moment stories.
During writing the students are using editing checklists to help edit their small moment stories.
During reading the students are practicing good habits for solving tricky words. Try again! Use a different strategy.
The students are learning ways to solve tricky words by checking for meaning and looking at all parts of the words.
They are also looking at mentor authors to try their crafts like pop out words and speech bubbles.
They are also looking at mentor authors to try their crafts like pop out words and speech bubbles.
During Reading Workshop the students are reading books and writing about the characters and important events. During Writing Workshop the students are adding feeling to bring their stories to life.
This week in Reading Workshop the students are writing in their response journals. After reading a book they are writing about what happens in the beginning, the middle, and the end of the story.
This week the students began to practice Reading and Writing workshop. They are learning the routine for Read to Self and writing Small Moment true stories about their experiences.