What are we doing?
In our balanced literacy program we are currently:
reading different genres to reference the text and quote accurately from the text when defending our answers, our thinking, and our point of view. We are discussing how we use reading to learn, and how reading allows us to "travel" any where we want to go.
Genres:
Fiction and Non-Fiction
Link to 5th grade standards:
http://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/wp-content/pdf/5icanreadingposter.pdf
How can I help my Child at home?
The best way to ensure your child's success is to make sure your student reads at home every night.
Ask them questions about their books: who are the characters, what are they like (traits), who can you compare them to, what is the main idea, what is the theme or moral, and what is the author's purpose in writing this text, what point of view is the story written from, is there a bias towards anyone or anything in the story?
Compass Learning: (Reading and Science)
Is also a free App: Puffin Learning
https://www.thelearningodyssey.com/
Log in: First initial, last name, last 4 digits of student id.
Example: ddickerson7700
Password: Is their birthday in the following form: YYMMDD
Example: 030627
Raz-Kids: (Reading)
Free App: Raz-Kids
http://www.raz-kids.com/main/Login
Login is based on their first block teacher it is written in each students agenda. (ddickersonk, Bmolisani, rhaydene, jgurtler)
Dreambox: (Math)
Free App: Dreambox
http://www.dreambox.com/
Log in: Student ID#
Password: each student has in their Agenda
Ask them questions about their books: who are the characters, what are they like (traits), who can you compare them to, what is the main idea, what is the theme or moral, and what is the author's purpose in writing this text, what point of view is the story written from, is there a bias towards anyone or anything in the story?
Compass Learning: (Reading and Science)
Is also a free App: Puffin Learning
https://www.thelearningodyssey.com/
Log in: First initial, last name, last 4 digits of student id.
Example: ddickerson7700
Password: Is their birthday in the following form: YYMMDD
Example: 030627
Raz-Kids: (Reading)
Free App: Raz-Kids
http://www.raz-kids.com/main/Login
Login is based on their first block teacher it is written in each students agenda. (ddickersonk, Bmolisani, rhaydene, jgurtler)
Dreambox: (Math)
Free App: Dreambox
http://www.dreambox.com/
Log in: Student ID#
Password: each student has in their Agenda