READING HOMEWORK AND READING RECORD:
Fifth graders read 20 minutes a night. On
Tuesday, Sept. 15th students will receive their reading records.
Information should be recorded nightly and signed by a parent before it is due
on the following Tuesday. Please help your child remember to bring in
his/her chapter book to school daily.
READ ALOUD: The Landry News
Realistic Fiction Genre Study: Ms. R. will present a
realistic book talk the week of Sept. 21st and the children will select titles
from the books she introduces. Books include: Walk Two Moons, Belle
Prater’s Boy, Football Genius, Wringer, Million
Dollar Shot, and Yolanda’s Genius, and Bridge to Terabithia. Once
children complete three books from the book talk they can read any realistic
fiction book. Each child must complete at least one book by October 9th.
(Check assignment notebooks to confirm as date gets closer.) Project
drafts will be assigned at that time. During this period all students
should be reading realistic fiction at school, and for their 20 minutes at
night. When our study ends there will be a period of “free choice”.
EDITING AND REVISING: When beginning this unit I
asked the question, “Why is it important to edit and revise your work?”
The kids generated a thorough list that reflected their understanding of the
importance of editing. Great! So they know they should edit and
they know why it’s important to edit. Now I ‘ll brush up their editing
skills and give them some new revising strategies.
This unit is designed to review punctuation and
capitalization rules, put the spotlight on some common misspelled words, and
teach kids a structured way to revise their own written work more successfully.
Practice will take place in and out of school. They will practice these
skills in isolation as well as on written assignments across the curriculum.
Students will write, edit, and revise a special issue of the 5R Scoop at the
end of this unit. Afterwards, they will be more responsible for
capitalization, punctuation and spelling (especially as it relates to
homophones and contractions) in their own written work.
Edit,
or Regret It!!!