What's Happening in 2A?: Click Clack Moo

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Click Clack Moo

On Monday, November 30, K-2 students are going to UNI to see the play Click Clack Moo. We will be leaving Crestwood Elementary propmptly at 9:30 and be returning at 3:15. Please make a note of this and make sure your child is to school by that time!

Once we arrive in Cedar Falls we will go to the UNI dome to eat our sack lunches. Sack lunches will be provided by the school so please do not send any food/drink to school with your child that day. We are also providing a snack for the ride back to school.

We will bring movies to watch on the bus so please do not send any mp3 players or other toys to school with your child.

Thanks!!

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Comprehension Skills and Strategies

Distinguish Fact and Opinion: Your child learned that facts are statements that can be proved. Opinions are what someone believes. The words I believe, I think, and in my view are clues that someone is expressing an opinion. Most students are able to state a fact; however, opinions are more challenging. Please practice this at home.

Sequence Events: Sequence is the order in which event take place. Clue words such as first, next, then, and last help readers know when events occur. When your child is summarizing have them sequence the events using the clue words.

Make Inferences: This is a strategy that readers use to understand what they are reading. When making an inference, readers need to fill in information that the author did not include. Readers must combine what they know with details from the text.
Pictures and words (text clues) + background knowledge (what we know) = an inference

Summarize: A summary is a paragraph or a statement in your own words that gives the most important ideas from the text that was read. Step 1: find the main ideas from the selection. Step 2: shorten and combine those ideas.

Categorize and Classify: We can categorize and classify objects, evens, ideas, and characters by how they are alike and how they fit into groups. When students are reading they can find types of things that are similar and group them into the same category.

Monitor Comprehension: Students must ALWAYS monitor their comprehension while they are reading. If they don't understand what was read they need to reread it. When readers are confused they can use "fix-up" strategies. Here is a list of those strategies:
*reread more slowly
*look up words
*read on
*use picture clues
*summarize
*ask for help