Reading
- In Reader's Workshop we will learn that to read books aloud well to others, readers first must figure out what they find interesting about the book. They must read the book and consider what about it is worth sharing with other people.
- We will also learn that when readers prepare to read a book aloud, they pay attention to how the different parts should sound so that their reading shows feeling.
- Readers will learn how they can use the key words they've been collecting as they read to talk about a topic and teach others what the words mean and why they're important.
Writing
- In Writer's Workshop, we will learn how nonfiction writers use images and photos to help them say more about their topic.
- We will also learn that writers use their voices to help teach their readers. One way they do this is by deciding how to punctuate their sentences.
- We will explore how writers rely on all the craft moves they have learned, even craft moves from other genres, to write their teaching books.
Phonics
- In phonics we will learn that when you go to write or read a word, you can think not only "Do I already know that word?" but also, "Do I know a word that is like that word?" Then you can use the words and parts of words you do know to help read and write words you don't know.
- We will also remember a shortcut that grown-up writers use all the time: the contraction. We will practice making contractions by smushing two words together, taking out some of the letters, and adding an apostrophe.