Our trip to the Marine Science Center was a huge success! Mr. Viers always helps the kids understand what they will be learning about and observing! There is nothing like hands on learning!
Monday, December 5, 2016
Monday, November 28, 2016
PLEASE DONATE TOMORROW
https://www.donorschoose.org/Janson
We are nearing the end of our opportunity to fund our project and we are only $398 away from reaching our goal.
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday so every donation will enter our classroom into a drawing for Donors Choose gift cards.
Thank you for your support! I know our kids will benefit greatly from the optional seating choices.
Friday, November 18, 2016
Response Format
We are in full swing with our class novel, Esperanza Rising, so I wanted to share some of the strategies we use in class when writing to the text. Your child has been taught the RACE format this year to help them self evaluate and answer the questions completely. Please ask them to explain this strategy and use it to guide their answers.
R - Restate the Question
A- Answer the Question
C- Cite Evidence from the Text
E- Explain How Your Evidence Supports Your Answer
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Esperanza Rising
We have started our in depth reading of the novel Esperanza Rising! Over the next few weeks we will learn how to comprehend & discuss the novel using evidence from the text.
The learning targets for this week are:
➤ Answer comprehension questions from each chapter.
➤ Identify situations in Esperanza Rising where a character's human rights are challenged.
➤ Make inferences from the text about Esperanza, Mama, and Abuelita.
➤ Use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown or difficult words.
➤ Write to explain your thinking about the characters and how they respond to challenges.
Your child was given a copy of the novel so you should see them reading at home!
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