Before April vacation, we got started on our current unit-- Research Clubs! Students are in a research club reading and note taking about an animal. Clubs have been collaborating to identify subtopics related to their animal of study, then reading up on the subtopic independently, and then meeting to discuss information found. Students will be using their notes in Writer's Workshop to create books about their animal. There are several skills we're working on during this unit. The essential ones are identifying main idea and supporting details, using information across texts to support a subtopic (cross-text synthesis), and comparing and contrasting information on a subtopic across two texts.
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Our Current Read Aloud:
Read alouds are used to teach reading skills and strategies. Sometimes I read new parts of our read aloud during our lessons. Other times, I go back to previously read parts to teach a skill and strategy. I ask that students do not read the current read aloud until after we finish it. Archives
November 2018
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