Students are continuing to work on Evaluative writing in class.
Words & prefixes for Vocabulary Lesson 3 will be tested on Tuesday, December 18th.
Some words & prefixes from previous lessons will be on the test.
There is NO READING LOG due the week of December 18th.
Thanks to all parents who accompanied us to Discovery Place last week.
Enjoy your break & come back prepared to write, write, and write some more!!
If you are supposed to have a PEP conference & haven't yet, please contact us as soon as possible.
Remember the homework hotline 704- 856-0741 - Extension 803!
Also, homework agendas will be initialed by all core teachers after each class. You guys should get yours signed each night by your parents/guardians.
We check them every morning in homeroom.
I will be at school by 7:30 most mornings if you have questions or need help.
Mrs. Ervin-Mabry
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Some suggestions for helping your child with their reading at home.
1) With your child, choose four pieces of writing
from the following genres: fiction, nonfiction,
myths, poems, fantasy, biography,
autobiography, science fiction, tall tales,
supernatural tales. A language arts textbook
is a good resource to find different types of
writing.
Read the four selections (or parts of them, if
they are long). While reading, ask your child
what strategies s/he uses when reading these
kind of texts.
Examples:Pre-reading strategies: skimming,
looking at bold print.
Questioning: Why am I
reading this book? What is this book about?
Figuring out confusing parts: reread, look up
words, ask, use context clues.
2) With your child, brainstorm different strategies
a good reader would use when reading a
confusing part of the text.
Examples: Rereads, creates a mental/physical
picture, looks up words in the dictionary, looks
on the Internet for more information, uses
context clues, asks questions, etc.
On a piece of construction paper, have your
child create a poster listing the reading
strategies you brainstormed. Have him/her
illustrate and decorate the poster.
Choose a section from a textbook. Read the
section. When s/he encounters a confusing
part, have her/him use some of the strategies
from the poster.
Choose a book, at your child's reading level,
that s/he has not read. Together read the first
chapter. Have your child answer the following
questions in a notebook/journal.
1) What do you think this book is about?
2) Who is the main character? What do you
know about him/her?
3) What is the setting?
4) What do you think is going to happen?
When finished discuss the answers. Have your
child use this journal as s/he reads. Continue
recording inferences and predictions about the
characters' choices/motivations and the
upcoming action.
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