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Reading: I am excited to share what the children will be working on during our literacy block this year. Research shows that good readers use a variety of strategies when successfully reading and comprehending a selection of text. I feel it is not only important to teach these strategies, but to post them as a reference for readers in the classroom.
Our classroom has a Literacy CAFÉ Menu posted that contains strategies good readers use when reading. In class, we compared our Literacy CAFÉ Menu to a menu at a restaurant. We discussed how the food we order at a restaurant depends on the time of day, how hungry we are, and what we like to eat. This compares to our classroom CAFÉ menu because as readers we use the strategies we need at the time to help us successfully read and comprehend text.
CAFÉ is an acronym that stands forComprehension Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary. These become our goals and the strategies we use to be successful with our goals are posted below them. Each child has goals and strategies specific to his/her individual needs and therefore will get the direct instruction needed to move forward and become a successful reader.
As your child declares his/her goal and works on various strategies, I will be sending home a Parent Pipeline. The Parent Pipeline is a letter informing you of the strategy your child is working on and it provides suggestions for assisting your child at home. Please look for these letters throughout the year and support your child in his/her quest to become a better reader.
Math: In our next math unit, my class will begin the study of algebra. Students will be able to identify, describe, and generalize relationships in which: *Quantities change proportionally * Change in one quantity relates to change in a second quantity
Students will also be able to translate among symbolic, numeric, verbal, and pictorial representations of number relationships.
Language Arts: In writing we are working on writing imaginative narratives. They are beginning to understand that plot means characters, setting, conflict, and resolution of a story. We have been working with story maps and have decided that these maps are also an excellent way to preplan our writing.
Social Studies: We will be tracing the history of colonization in North Carolina and evaluating its significance for diverse people’s ideas. My students will be able to:
*Locate and describe American Indians in North Carolina, past and present
*Assess changes in the ways of living over time and determine whether the changes are primarily political, economic, or social
*Identify people, symbols, events, and documents associated with North Carolina’s history
*Examine the Lost Colony and explain its importance in the settlement of North Carolina
*Describe the political and social history of colonial North Carolina and analyze its influence on the state today
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