Lucy Calkins Reading and Writing
Character StudiesFirst Trimester we will begin learning about Book Clubs and what great book talks look like and sound like. We will also be discussing how to make a Reading Workshop run smoothy and powerfully. We will be starting with a book called Home of the Brave. What is a Hero? What leadership qualities does this character have?
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Narrative WritingStudents will begin the year writing a personal narrative helping me get to know them as well as learning new ways to get their thought down on paper. We will be learning many new ways to brainstorm idea's as well as strategies to help our stories come to life.
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Word WorkPart of being an accomplished reader and writer is the ability to understand and use new vocabulary. We will be doing much work with this idea each morning to help our skills grow. Building words, breaking them apart, learning strategies such as context clues to help us figure out new words we don't know.
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