What a fantastic Open House! The students were
excited and eager to show their families around the school Tuesday night. I
enjoyed getting to speak with parents and I am looking forward to Interviews in
November where we can have more in depth conversations. For those parents not able to make the open house, I will be sending a note home next week with available interview times.
Language
Students are starting to take their stop and jots
now and will be using their thought, connections, questions, and predictions
about the books they are reading during Read to Self to a letter. Every other
week students will write a letter in their Readers’ Notebook to communicate
their comprehension/understanding of the books they are reading. Students have
practiced writing a letter as a class with me and have sentence starters/ideas
in their Readers Notebook to help them.
Looking for…
- proper letter format
- write a variety of ideas from relate, retell,
reflect
- effectively communicates their ideas
- uses examples from the texts and explains their
thoughts
Qualities
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Level 4
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Level 3
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Level 2
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Level 1
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Ideas
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Responses consistently include ideas from all
comprehension strategies (relate, retell, and reflect) in every letter
Shows evidence of critical thinking by
demonstrating an understanding of characters and reflecting on the structure
of the book
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Responses includes ideas from a variety of
comprehension strategies (relate, retell, and reflect) in most letters
Includes thoughts opinions and feelings about
what he/she has read in detail
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Responses include ideas from a few comprehension
strategies (relate, retell, and reflect) in most letters
Includes some thoughts opinions and feelings
about what he/she has read
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Responses include limited ideas in letters
Includes minimal thoughts and opinions about
what he/she has read
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Communication
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Informative and original responses that
demonstrate a high level of understanding
Ideas and information are communicated in a
clear and concise manner
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Responses are well written and detailed
Ideas and information from the text are
communicated clearly
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Responses written with some detail
Ideas and information from the text are
communicated with some clarity
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Responses are brief or carelessly written
Ideas and information from the text are
communicated with minimal clarity
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Explanation
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Skillfully demonstrates an understanding of what
is read by using specific examples and/or quotes from the book to support
ideas
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Demonstrates an understanding of what is read by
using specific examples and/or quotes from the book to support ideas
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Demonstrates some understanding of what is read
by using simple examples from the book
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Demonstrates a lack of understanding by
including a few examples from the book
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Next week the Grade 5 letters will be due. The
following week November 4th the Grade 4 letters will be due.
Math
In math we have been reviewing our multiplication
facts. It is important students are practicing their times tables at home to
reinforce what we are doing at school. We spent some time this week on word
problems along with creating a bank of strategies we could use to help us solve
multiplication problems (Gr. 4 2 digit by 1 digit, Gr. 5 2 digit by 2 digit)
Grade 5 Anchor Charts
Grade 5 Anchor Charts
Grade 4 Anchor Charts
