What's Happening in 2A?: Ice Cream Sundaes

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Ice Cream Sundaes

I continue to be impressed with the results of our ice cream sundae incentive. The students are really learning their math fact!! I can tell they have been working hard on these at home because they certainly know their facts better during our math time. Please continue to practice the facts with your each each night, as time allows. Also, don't forget to practice the facts your child has checked off. This will still be a good review.

I have decided on a final date for the reward party. The last day for students to test is Wednesday, November 25th. We will have our party on that day!! This is the final day before Thanksgiving vacation. So...your child has 3 more weeks to get all of his/her facts checked off with me.

Good luck and happy adding!!!!

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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