Tonight's homework is to complete the last three rows of the Summary Notes by rereading each section and pulling 2-3 details to support the gist statement.
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Students are to complete Poetry Task #3 tonight for homework. Today's class consisted of completing the Summary Notes rows dated Jan. 24 and Jan. 31-Feb. 7 (second and third rows) on page 3 of their Reader's Notebook and the Close Reading Questions and Notes: Love that Dog (pages 25-30) on pages 14-16 in their Reader's Notebook.
Tonight's homework is to complete Poetry Task #2. The Reader's Notebooks should be up to date as well. Students took their first assessment in ELA and saw how important it is to do in-class work at that time because the assessments are testing their ability to perform independently. The standards assessed on this assessment will appear again in Unit 2.
Students had ample time to work on their Reader's Notebook pages today in class (page 9-11 Close Reader's Notes on "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and page 2 Summary Notes page 3rd and 4th rows related to pages 6-11 in Love that Dog) so there should be no homework there. We discussed today that if they don't finish in class work, it becomes homework.
Tonight's homework should be: - Reread pages 6-11 of Love that Dog - Reread “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” - Pick out one vivid word or phrase from both Jack’s poem, “Blue car, blue car” and Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” to add to your vivid words and phrases section of your Poetry Journal. Students will edit their poems to make sure they have at least one vivid word and the topic is something they cannot live without. They will make this edit in the "My Poems" section of their poetry journal. Below is the example poem I wrote up and explained to the class today.
So much depends upon my strong arms from my wiggly digits to my toned biceps able to hug several children, hold three glasses, write a poem. Students have three parts to their homework tonight. The are required to:
-Reread pages 1–5 of Love That Dog. Then read “The Red Wheelbarrow” poem aloud twice to practice fluent reading skills. -Pick out one vivid word or phrase from “The Red Wheelbarrow” poem to add to the “Vivid Words and Phrases” section of your poetry journal. -Experiment with writing your own poem by completing Poetry Task 1 on the first page of the “My Poetry” section of your journal. (This was a separate sheet of paper that they were given today in class.) Most students were able to finish the first two tasks during class. Try asking your student about "free verse" or "stanzas" - two characteristics of poetry we learned about today in class. Today's class was an introduction to both Library class, which will take place in ELA on Mondays, and our first module in ELA, which focuses on poetry. Students learned the fist to five check (see below) routine and a carousel procedure. They also created Poetry Journals in which they will complete their homework in tonight.
Tonight's homework is to answer the following prompt on the "My Reflections" tabbed notebook paper of their Poetry Journal: Do you enjoy poetry? Why or why not? This should be at least 4 sentences. ELA stands for English Language Arts and follows the Common Core State Standards. They are rigorous and deep. You'll be surprised to see what your fourth grader can do this year. We will use the EngageNY curriculum which consists of 4 modules with 3 units in each module. Each unit has two assessments - a mid and end of unit assessment.
ELA is scheduled from 12:45-3:05pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. It is scheduled for 8:35-9:45am on Wednesdays. Students will be expected to read guided reading books as well as the whole class books. They can accomplish some of this during ELA class. |
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