Holzman Happenings in April
Reading and Writing Workshop
Tackling Complexity: Moving up Levels of Nonfiction and State Testing
As we wrap up our unit on moving up levels of nonfiction, we will spend some dedicated time preparing for our "Forward State Exam". We will practice different types of questions. In reality though, the units of study all year are designed to do the type of thinking that needs to be demonstrated on this series of tests. The most important habits coming into the tests are trying our best, getting a good nights sleep, and eating a good breakfast.
Reader's Notebook
First we recognize ways nonfiction text is getting complex...after all, we're getting closer to 6th grade and we know our texts are more complicated. After recognizing what's complex, we practice strategies to understand our text better.
Isaac is becoming an expert on cheetah's
Isaac knows subheadings can be misleading or not helpful at all. He is going to put his own subheadings in his text to make sense of it.
Teaching Point
As reader's we know we have a lot to track.