This week we continued reading fantasy books of choice, and practicing writing as journalists. Questions to ask your child:
Reading Students continued reading their fantasy novels of choice. On Wednesday we looked at how authors often present characters in one way, and then give readers new information so that gradually our perception of the character changes. We looked at how the movie Home Alone does this with the character of "Old Man Marley", and then students looked for complex characters in their own novels. We also continued our read aloud novel, Flora & Ulysses. Here is the second section of ELA cheesing it up and posing with their fantasy novels: Writing
Students practiced identifying and using complete and complex sentences. On Tuesday they chose a topic about Summers-Knoll and planned out an expository newspaper article. Topics included the composting program, the futsol team, and the Spinning Dot play production. In the next few weeks students will practice writing an editorial, and begin planning out the first issue of our school paper.
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