Reader’s Workshop Ask your child: Ask me to summarize Meet Felicity. This book helped me learn more about colonial life. What book are you reading during independent reading? This week I read many poetry books. As I read these books, I ask can I make a picture in my mind? Does this writing help me look at something in the world in new ways? Does this writing give me a certain feeling or make me think or questions? Does this poem have music? I continue to learn strategies to help me figure out unknown words when I read. Ask me a few strategies. Examples: using picture clues, skip and go on, context clues, other words around the unknown words. I continue to practice Writer’s Workshop: Ask your child: I am a poet! This week I have been learning strategies poets use to write poems. As a poet I am finding a moment, detail or object that holds a big feeling. I am using my poets’ eyes and seeing this ordinary thing in a new way! Poets write about it Writer’s Workshop: Ask your child: I learned how to make a “Give It A Shot” chart to use as I edit my poems for spelling. As I write poems I can use precise descriptive words. As I reread my poems I ask if the words create the image I want for Mrs. Smoral’s Class Dec. 8, 2018 Math Workshop: Ask your child: Ask me to tell you the calendar markers on the December Calendar Grid. This month we will learn about two-dimensional shapes in Number Corner! Ask me how many vertices are in the shapes listed below in the math vocabulary. I am learning about expanded form. Ask me tell you some three and four digit numbers in expanded form. I solved story problems created by my classmates. I know I need to write an equation and show my work when I solve story problems. Word Study: Ask your child: I ask myself this question as a speller… Does the word look right? When I find a word that does not look right, it can help me to spell the word a few different ways, looking to see if one looks right. New Vocabulary Words Ask your child to define, syllabicate and use these words in a sentence. hesitate weary abandon misunderstand prosperous Learning Experiences Special Happenings Ask your child: Ask me about Mrs. Gilliland’s guidance lesson! Ask me about the elf ornament I made with my picture! Ask me about making Rudolph! Ask me about the picture I drew after I listened to the Polar Express! Have a GREAT weekend!