What's Happening in 2A?: Nora Jane

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Nora Jane

Hi 2nd graders!!

I hope you are having fun with Mrs. Easler. She told me everything is going well and that you seem to have adjusted to her as your teacher. I hope you haven't forgotten about me :) I know you had a music concert on Tuesday so I hope that went well. I thought about you guys and was sorry I couldn't watch you sing.

Nora and I came home on Sunday...on Livvie's birthday. She's doing really good and loves to eat and sleep!! I can't believe she is 1 week old already today. I have added some pictures for you to look at. I will be over to visit you in the next couple of weeks. I'm not sure when...so please don't ask Mrs. Easler all the time.

I miss you guys!!!!!!
Mrs. Brynsaas

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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