THIS WEEK in ELAR: Week December 3 - 7

ELAR WEEK: December 3 - 7

Reading Workshop:
This week we will continue to discuss and reteach Implicit and Explicit Relationships. These relationships are a continuation of some of our previous study of "Literal and Interpretive Relationships". In Explicit, we will look at texts that literally state facts and information, along with Implicit, where we as readers are required to "infer" what is really being said within a text.
Reminder: Whoo's Reading #6 Due: Wednesday, December 5.

We will also take our Final Exam (60%) on Friday, December 7. See below for what will be covered:

Students will read 3 passages containing Fiction and NF texts that will focus on the following:

• Correct usage of words in a text
• Literal / Interpretive Questioning 
• Inferencing 
• Organization of Text Structures 
• Summary of a text 
• Author's Purpose
• Theme
• Main Idea / Supporting Details
• Types of Genre 

Word Work: 

Possessive Pronouns and how to correct them within a text.

Analogies 

Writing Workshop: 

We have been working on building our Nonfiction Leads along with writing Thesis Statements. We have also been learning how to set up our Main Ideas and what Supporting Details we believe support those ideas. This week we will dive into the researching and writing of nonfiction as we read and learn new things from our NF texts. We will also learn how to construct Topic sentences as well as begin to learn the importance of citing our references from the information we find!