Reading
- This week we will learn that one strategy readers use to figure out a tricky word is to "crash" the word parts together and then to check that the word makes sense. We will practice doing this by reading the beginning, middle, and end of the word and then putting the parts together to form a word.
Writing
- This week in writer's workshop, we will learn that writers reread their writing closely, making sure they have included correct spelling, capitals, and punctuation.
- We will also learn that nonfiction writers, like story writers, learn how a book might go by studying books written by other authors, including their tables of contents.
- We will use this to investigate how writers plan individual chapters the same way they plan their teaching books. They tell the information across--and down--their fingers before they write.
- Toward the end of the week, we will explore how nonfiction writers use different strategies to say more and teach others. One strategy is using comparisons to teach.
Phonics
- Students will learn that blends can also come at the endings of words. And some of the blends that come at the ends of words are different than those that come at the start of words.
- We will also learn that there are powerful word parts that end in blends, and that knowing these word parts can help them read and spell lots of words.
- Students will also explore another handful of powerful word parts, including some of the common ones ending in digraphs.