Week 4 of Activities
April 14 - April 17
Butterfly Week!
This week we will be starting to write our book series! We will also continue reading lots, describe the setting in a book we're reading, and listen to some butterfly stories.
Literacy Assignments for Week 4
To be submitted to Mrs. Barker by the end of the week
Assignment 1: Setting Illustration
- Choose setting from a book that you have read this week to create a setting
- Include in your illustration, and describe on a separate sheet of paper if necessary, these features of the setting:
- Location (where the story takes place, or the main location)
- Time period (it might be present day, or the 1920s, or the future)
- Weather (the season and main type of weather outside)
- Surroundings (important elements in the spot where the story takes place like igloos or the mall or the ocean)
- The book could be a picture book or a chapter book, and it could be either a hard copy book or an eBook you've accessed online
- There is an example setting illustration for the book Leaping Lemmings below
Example of a Setting Illustration
Assignment 2: Start Writing Your Book Series
- Write 1 or more stories with the same character using the mini-lesson videos posted this week as guidance (especially the first two videos)
- Your stories should have a character, at least one problem, and a solution to the problem with a "satisfying" ending
- Many of you will be able to write more than one story during the allotted writing time, so feel free to write lots of stories in the series if you wish!
- When writing, please remember to print neatly, include capital letters at the beginning of sentences, and include punctuation at the end of your ideas
- Remember to edit your writing after to fix any problems with those writing conventions
- Please also revise your writing to ensure that sentences make sense and that you have made interesting word choices (you can use our writing checklist by clicking here to help guide your revisions)
Reading at Home
If possible, please have your child read every day for a good chunk of time; quality reading time is one of the most crucial components of students' learning! Your child might be reading hard copy books, or from Epic or Raz-Kids. If you need a reminder about how to access Epic or Raz-Kids, you can check out the directions from the Week 2 page here in the Reading at Home section.
If your child is reading below grade level (let me know if you're not sure), and was working on sight words and phonics in class, I've attached some beginning activities to get back to some of that practice at the bottom of this page. I will change and add to those activities each week.
Happy reading!
If your child is reading below grade level (let me know if you're not sure), and was working on sight words and phonics in class, I've attached some beginning activities to get back to some of that practice at the bottom of this page. I will change and add to those activities each week.
Happy reading!
Reading Mini-Lessons
It's a four-day week because of Easter this week, and I was very excited to share egg-related and Easter books this week, so feel free to watch just 2-3 of the Reading videos this week if you can't get to them all! Please do have your child watch the Good Egg video for more information about character analysis for their assignment this week.
Butterfly Read-Aloud (Optional)
Writing at Home
This week students are working on writing stories, as outlined in the assignment above! The mini-lessons below provide some guidance for getting started on their stories.
If your child has completed a story and still has more time, they can start another story (in class when a student finishes early I always encourage them to revise their work start on something new to make the most of our writing practice time).
I've linked to a website called Pobble that has picture prompts for writing if students would like, and I've attached a file similar to one we use in class to help us think of writing ideas. I've also attached a rubric that we refer to to track how we're doing in our writing and set goals.
If your child has completed a story and still has more time, they can start another story (in class when a student finishes early I always encourage them to revise their work start on something new to make the most of our writing practice time).
I've linked to a website called Pobble that has picture prompts for writing if students would like, and I've attached a file similar to one we use in class to help us think of writing ideas. I've also attached a rubric that we refer to to track how we're doing in our writing and set goals.
Writing Mini-Lessons
Spelling at Home
Students can practice their spelling words for this week on Spelling City. Their username and password are the same as their Google username and password (such as caitb1234 and red.bike). Students have accessed this website before to find the games for this week, but feel free to comment if you need help finding the games. They should be able to log on, go to Lists & Games, find the list from the group "All This Week" and then select Games.
I've also attached a document when you click here with some offline ways to practice spelling words if that's preferable for you.
I've also attached a document when you click here with some offline ways to practice spelling words if that's preferable for you.
March Book Madness Voting
You may have heard of March Madness, but prior to this pause on classes, 2B was taking part in a book tournament called March Book Madness. There is a bracket of 16 entertaining and interesting picture books, and we have enjoyed reading the selections and voting. The tournament is now down to 4 books, and students are invited to vote for their favourites by clicking here by April 14! We had hard-copies of the books in the classroom, but I've posted videos of the final four books below to refresh the students' memories if they'd like (you can click on the button at the bottom of the video when viewing it to enlarge the video).
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For Students Reading Below Grade Level
Week 4: Long E Sounds
This week our focus in reading work will be four way of spelling the long e sound, and some cheater sounds made by the letters a, o, and u. You can practice by reading the below book, working through the worksheets (either visually or by writing them out), and playing the games below.
Your child will benefit from lots of practice of their sight words, so please click here to go to the sight word page (it's also linked at the top of this website under "more") and select the group of words that your child was working on. Almost of the children were working on set 2 of the words, but the student reading at level G was working on set 4 of the words. Just message me if you're not sure which set your child was working on, and I can let you know! On the page for each set of sight words, the 25 words to practice are listed there, along with download links for flashcards and a booklet if you feel like printing those off or writing them out. There are links to a fridge magnet game where your child can write out their words, and links to the words on Spelling City where your child can play games with the 25 words from that group. Finally, there's a video for students to practice reading the words quickly (in about 3 seconds or less) and a list of ideas for how to practice the sight words. When your child knows 23-25 of the words quickly and consistently (without sounding out the word), you can move them up to the next level of sight words! I will vary the activities for these students every week on this section of the Language Arts page, so next week we will focus on different skills (but still practice their sight words). Reading on Raz-Kids is also a great way for these readers to practice reading at their just-right level! |
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