In reading this week we will learn about the author's purpose for writing. We like to say that figuring out the author's purpose is as easy as PIE (persuade, inform or entertain). This is a fun and easy topic to discuss while you are watching tv, listening to the radio, reading or even shopping! Help students stop and think about what message the author is sending and how you know the purpose of his or her message.
We have finished up our reading of mysteries in guided reading. We will form new book groups and begin reading biographies together. This will be a great platform to try out all our new non-fiction reading strategies!!
In writing, students have now learned about personal narratives and parts of speech. We hope this work will pay off as they soon begin to write their own personal narratives.
Social Studies
Our unit on economics continues as we dig deeper into the concept of budgeting. It is important to hit home with students that when developing a budget we should not budget to spend more than we receive from our income and gifts. The more opportunity you can provide for your student to budget the family dinner, their allowance, or create a budget for a family pet, the more this concept will hit home. I have noticed from our class work, that those struggling with addition and subtraction facts are having a hard time creating budgets. This could be the real-life connection to inspire memorizing those facts!
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