Reading
- In Reader's Workshop this week students will review strategies to solve tricky words.
- Listen carefully as you read and think about what word will might come next.
- Slow down to break longer words into parts.
- Use words you know to read tricky words.
Writing
- In Writer's Workshop this week students will study mentor texts to learn that review writers not only share their opinion, but persuade others to share their opinions as well.
- Writers will also learn to use a voice that talks straight to their readers, explaining their topic and giving information.
Phonics
- In Phonics students will discover the two sounds of the oo vowel team, like in moon and book.
- Students will also learn that two new vowel teams, oi and oy, make the same sound.
- They will study words and discover that oi usually appears in the middle of a word (coin) and oy usually appears at the end of a word (boy).
- Students will practice writing new words using all they know about vowel teams.