Ms. Washington's Class

What Are the Little Lambs Up To

FUNDATIONS

Filed under: Uncategorized — mwashington at 10:10 am on Monday, November 30, 2009

Parents we will assess your students on the Unit 1 Test.  The test will include identifying lower case letters, identifying letters corresponding  to sounds, and forming lower case letters.

Parents we will then move on to Unit 2:  Upper Case Letters:  Identifying, Corresponding Sounds and Forming Upper Case Letters

Targeted Reading Intervention

Filed under: Uncategorized — mwashington at 10:07 am on Monday, November 30, 2009

Parents, we will cover Lessons 7, 8, and 9.  Lesson 7 consist of the skill Reading Strategies, in which our students will use to better comprehend text.  These strategies include asking questions of themselves and others to clarify unfamiliar words or phrases, forming pictures in their minds to aid with comprehension, and connecting new learning with prior knowledge.

Lesson 8 consist of the skill Setting, in which students will learn that the setting is one of the elements of story structure.  The students will obtain the skill of identifying a setting of a text and use this knowledge when reading or listening to a new story.

Lesson 9 consist of the skill Retelling, in which students will learn the process of describing in their own words what they have read.  This skill includes the main idea and supporting details of the text.  In fiction text, it may include the setting, events, characters, and plot.  Learning this skill will provide insight into our students’ interpretations of what they have read.

Grammar, Usage & Mechanics

Filed under: Uncategorized — mwashington at 10:02 am on Monday, November 30, 2009

Parents,

We will study action words (verbs), describing words (adjectives), and words that describe how (adverbs) in the month of December.

Welcome to Washington’s World

Filed under: Uncategorized — mwashington at 4:31 pm on Monday, November 9, 2009

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