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Today is Tuesday, February 21, 2011
Skill Blitz:
Last week for the Skill Blitz, we focused on how using the strategy of identifying the MAIN IDEA in a passage can help you to understand the text. This week we are going to focus on how NOTING DETAILS
and paying attention to those details can also help you understand what you are reading. As you go through the given passage thoroughly and arrive at certain conclusions by means of using your reasoning capacity, you pay attention to or you note certain facts details that may not even be stated. For example:
1. Bob is tall. Jim is taller than Bob. Lee is taller than Jim. Who is taller? Lee.
2. Mandy liked the movie. Teresa liked the movie more than Mandy. Liz liked the movie more than Teresa.
Who liked the movie the least? Mandy.
3. Brett was happy. Jenny was happier than Brett. Roger was happier then Jenny.
Who was the happiest? Roger.
I'll give some different scenarios later this week about how you can use the Reading Comprehension strategy of Noting Details to help you be able to understand, make predictions and even answer questions about what you have read.
Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Today the hot lunch is:
If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand.
Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.
Academic News and Highlights:
Six Emerson students from Mrs. DeHaro's room competed on Saturday at Cal Baptist University in the Mathcounts competition. To see their photo, scroll down on my blog!
During this past weekend, about 25 students took the mini HP laptops home with them to work on Ticket to Read, First in Math, SuccessNet and Accelerated Reader. One measure of their success is that they moved us ahead into TENTH place, district-wide in FIM. Great job to all Emerson students who extend their learning using these online resources.
Emerson Chorus to Begin Today!!!! Rehearsals will start today at 12:35 on the stage in the cafeteria. All 5th and 6th grade students are welcome to come!
Fourth grade students are getting close to their state CST writing assessment. Fourth graders, we are counting on you to select a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based upon purpose, audience, length, and format requirements.
Fourth graders must be able to create multiple-paragraph compositions:
a. Provide an introductory paragraph.
b. Establish and support a central idea with a topic sentence at or near the beginning of the first paragraph.
c. Include supporting paragraphs with simple facts, details, and explanations.
d. Conclude with a paragraph that summarizes the points.
e. Use correct indention.
Use traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, posing and answering a question).
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!
High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!
Today is Tuesday, February 21, 2011
Skill Blitz:
Last week for the Skill Blitz, we focused on how using the strategy of identifying the MAIN IDEA in a passage can help you to understand the text. This week we are going to focus on how NOTING DETAILS
and paying attention to those details can also help you understand what you are reading. As you go through the given passage thoroughly and arrive at certain conclusions by means of using your reasoning capacity, you pay attention to or you note certain facts details that may not even be stated. For example:
1. Bob is tall. Jim is taller than Bob. Lee is taller than Jim. Who is taller? Lee.
2. Mandy liked the movie. Teresa liked the movie more than Mandy. Liz liked the movie more than Teresa.
Who liked the movie the least? Mandy.
3. Brett was happy. Jenny was happier than Brett. Roger was happier then Jenny.
Who was the happiest? Roger.
I'll give some different scenarios later this week about how you can use the Reading Comprehension strategy of Noting Details to help you be able to understand, make predictions and even answer questions about what you have read.
Lunch and Attendance:
For lunch, you have two choices, the Farm Fresh Salad Bar, or the hot lunch. Today the hot lunch is:
| Turkey Corn Dogs Green Beans Diced Pears |
If you would like to have a hot lunch, please raise your hand.
Teachers, please take a count and make a note on your online attendance form.
Academic News and Highlights:
Six Emerson students from Mrs. DeHaro's room competed on Saturday at Cal Baptist University in the Mathcounts competition. To see their photo, scroll down on my blog!
During this past weekend, about 25 students took the mini HP laptops home with them to work on Ticket to Read, First in Math, SuccessNet and Accelerated Reader. One measure of their success is that they moved us ahead into TENTH place, district-wide in FIM. Great job to all Emerson students who extend their learning using these online resources.
Emerson Chorus to Begin Today!!!! Rehearsals will start today at 12:35 on the stage in the cafeteria. All 5th and 6th grade students are welcome to come!
Fourth grade students are getting close to their state CST writing assessment. Fourth graders, we are counting on you to select a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based upon purpose, audience, length, and format requirements.
Fourth graders must be able to create multiple-paragraph compositions:
a. Provide an introductory paragraph.
b. Establish and support a central idea with a topic sentence at or near the beginning of the first paragraph.
c. Include supporting paragraphs with simple facts, details, and explanations.
d. Conclude with a paragraph that summarizes the points.
e. Use correct indention.
Use traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, posing and answering a question).
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance!
High Expectations:
There's no choice, achieving your personal best is required every day at Emerson!
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