I hope that students enjoyed some down time during our snow day yesterday to play in the snow or just hang out. I also hope that this found time helped them complete their Giver projects. We've been enjoying a gallery walk through projects today.
This week we will segue from fiction to nonfiction reading. Today we looked at differences between them as well as features they have in common. Tomorrow, students will visit the library to choose a nonfiction book (or they may bring one from home if they have one waiting to be read!). On Thursday, they will do a scavenger hunt in their books for nonfiction text features, and they will consider how each of these helps to convey information to the reader. One aspect that students will be considering as they read their books is the author's purpose in writing it, and the author's perspective on the subject. On Friday, students will engage in a mini-lesson to better understand author's perspective and viewpoint.
Students will be dividing their book into sections and completing reading logs four times throughout their reading. For the logs, students will pull at least two quotes for which they write responses. These will be submitted through Google Classroom. After finishing their books, they will compose slide show presentations based on the unique features of their book.
Meanwhile, we continue to study prepositions and prepositional phrases leading up to a short quiz, perhaps later this week.
Homework:
Tuesday: finish preposition activity; finish and turn in anything owed.
Wednesday: finish scavenger hunt chart if needed; begin reading to make sure you like your book!
Thursday/Friday: Read book; log #1 due: 3/12
Reading Log Due Dates
