Happy Sunday everyone!
I hope the weekend has been a restful one for all of you. We have had an extremely busy week this past week. We have been learning a lot of new things as well as reviewing all that we have learned.
LANGUAGE ARTS
We have been discussing word choice and how we choose the right words to express what we are writing. We discuss verbs and are learning how to use "strong" verbs when we write. We have been doing lots of short paragraph writing as well as discussing what recounts are.
We went on a picnic last Thursday and will be writing a recount about it this week.
As students are beginning to express themselves better and better each day, from Tuesday I will be asking them to write about their ORT books they have read. Please ensure that they bring back their ORT books to school so that we can read and write about them. This is a wonderful way to help our kiddies express their thoughts and be reflective students. As we write everyday we continue to focus on Capital Letters, Punctuation, Spacing and familiarising ourselves with our basic sight words. It is absolutely amazing how writing everyday is helping each student express themselves more clearly and thoughtfully. Here is a small check list that helps students remember if they are using these conventions!
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| Basic Writing Check list! |
As part of paragraph and recount writing, as we have our "show and share", each student is encouraged to being in a favourite book they have read and tell us about it. What is the name of the book? What is the story about? Who is in the Story? Why is this your favourite book? What is the best part of the story? We use the same format to write out paragraphs every day- this maybe something that you may like to talk about at home with your child as they read their ORT/Bug Club Books.
If students would also like to write at home, please let me know, I can send in a small book in which they write about the books they have read and answer a reading prompt!
We usually use a writing template that looks something like this-
Here is a link if you would like to download this template and if your child would like to practice their writing at home!
OUR PICNIC PICTURES
OUR WRITING PICTURES
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| Working on Word Choice! |
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| Paragraph Writing |
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| Brainstorming what "Word Choice" is... |
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