This Week in ELAR: Week 5 ~ September 9 - September 13

WEEK 5: September 9 - September 13

Reading Workshop: 
This week we will learn how to look at a piece of text and connect with it by getting to know the characters, their feelings, and how to think about the deeper ideas in the text. Connections we will look for are: Text to Text, Text to Self, and Text to World. Students will continue to annotate their ideas from their own independent reading as well as annotate along with our Interactive Read Aloud. We will also take time to Partner Talk about our ideas and connections we are making with the different texts.


Interactive Read Aloud: "Better Than You"


Writing Workshop: 
This week we will continue to use the graphic organizer "Boxes and Bullets" as we work through the pre-writing process of a Personal Narrative. Students have been brainstorming ideas about the important people in their lives and the small moments with them that they could turn into a strong story. This week we will add in the special places in our lives, and the small moments that have happened there as well.

Grammar Talks: 
This week we will focus on Capitalization and Vivid Verbs in a sentence and learn how to create those in our own writing.

Homework DUE

Homework booklets were given out on Thursday, September 5. The first page is due, Thursday, September 12. 

We will plan to discuss it on Friday, September 13. 

Assignments DUE: Week of September 2 - September 6

Expected Assignments for Week of September 2 - September 6

* Annotation for Junkyard Wonders

* Literary Responses for Junkyard Wonders

* Continual updating of Reader's Notebook:
   - Mini lessons
   - Vocab
   - Record of Daily Independent Reading

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Homework Coming on Thursday, September 5!

ELAR Homework is Coming! 

Expected Assignments from Week: August 26 - August 30

Expected Assignments from Week of August 26 - August 30

- Annotations with book currently being read

- Maintaining Readers Journal

- Sustained Independent Reading 

Week 4: September 3 - September 6

ELAR WEEK: September 3 - September 6

Reading Workshop: 

This week we will be finishing up "Junkyard Wonders". We will continue to annotate our thinking and partner talk as we discuss the story. Students will also use the text to understand the author's true message to the reader. Students have been learning that as "experienced readers" we look for the deeper meaning in an author's purpose.


Writing Workshop:

This week we will begin to incorporate our handwriting, as well as continue to distinguish between the different writing styles of - Literary Responses vs. Essay Writing.