What's Happening in 2A?: Beginnings and Endings

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Beginnings and Endings

We welcomed a new student to our class on Monday. Her name is Erika and she came to us from Decorah. She has done a super job adjusting to 2A!! Just as I assumed, the students did a wonderful job at welcoming her and making her feel at "home" her in our classroom. Thanks 2A...for reminding me why I love coming to work every day:)

On an ending note, the final day to test subtraction facts will be Friday, May 7. It seems like we have been testing these FOREVER and I'm ready to be finished!! I will still test on that Friday and then we will have the party the following week. I haven't decided on the party date yet. Thanks for helping your child practice these facts. I can definitely tell and it makes math class go a bit faster. Your help and support is greatly appreciated!!!

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UnknownAugust 25, 2010 at 8:31 PM
I had fun at school today and you are the best teacher! Carter
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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