The Wildcat G.R.O.W.L
Growing our Reading, Oral Language, Writing, and Life Skills
March 28-April 1
We are gearing up for another great week of reading, writing and talking about great books and practicing comprehension strategies! The upper grades will be working on some strategy practice for our upcoming end of year testing about Dragonflies, Festivals around the World and Forest Conservation. We have been working on annotating a text and using text evidence to answer questions and write about text. The younger friends will be continuing our studies on favorite authors and books with rich discussion, and responding to the text.
Also, please sign up for summer EXPLORE! You can access registration at sps.org or contact me at Watkins 523-5000.
Reading, Writing, and Talking
Our daily reading interventions focus on reading grade level books, talking about the books, and writing about the books.
I would encourage you to ask your child about their weekly book study so you can have some Dinner Table Talk about favorite books. Click on the hyperlink to get discussion cards for your Dinner Table Talk.
K and 1st groups- Author study of Robert McClosky books. You can check out these books at the Watkins Library or look for them online.
2nd grade group- The Borrowers by Mary Norton- Book intro through Chapter 15 this week.
3-5- We will be working on MOLeap materials focusing on strategies for success with MAP and i-Ready.
Choose Your Own Adventure- Optional Choice Board
These are some enrichment activites that your child can do on their own. If they write any stories, make Google Docs, or want to respond to an activity or book they read, they can send me a message on Canvas or send me an email at jgrable@spsmail.org. They can also share Google Docs with me at jgrable@sps.org
Choose Your Own Adventure Board
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Home-School Tips
1. Take a nature walk and write a fact report about some signs of spring you saw or write a nature poem.
2. Cut a picture out of a magazine or the newspaper and write a story about the picture.
3. Start a journal or a diary. Record your day's thoughts and events.
4. Write letters to family members or exchange letters with each other at home.
5. Make shopping lists.
Reading Ideas-
Check out this website for many Spring books you can explore as a family. Check our Watkins library or the Public Library for titles.
2. Choose an e-book from the Watkins Library Canvas page.
3. Read bedtime stories together.
4. Have everyone in the home set aside 15 minutes to read a choice book or magazine, or the newspaper. Talk about what you read.
5. Visit the local library and check out some new fun books.
Did You Know?
Any child 5 years old and up can have their own public library card!
You can check out ebooks from the public library as well.
As always, thank you for your support! Together we can Keep on Growing!
Ms. Jodi Grable- Lead Teacher Interventionist
523-5005
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