Letter to Mrs. Harbridge
Once a month students have a letter that is due about something they are reading. We created a list together of some of the topics that they could write about. I am also posting the success criteria we created in order to be successful. They will receive feedback, and will be expected to self assess their own work by setting a next step.
Letters are due the last Friday of the month (or Thursday if a holiday).
Things we can write about....
Letter Writing
Ø a character from your book (e.g. description, characteristics)
Ø the plot
Ø connections to self, text, and the world
Ø characters, setting, and events
Ø retell the story or text
Ø problem and solutions
Ø a review of the book
Ø favourite part or character
Ø your feelings after reading the chapter/book
Ø whether you liked the ending of the book or not
Ø what parts of the book were believable or unbelievable
Ø how you are similar or different from a character
Ø if and how the title fits the text and if not what title would you
choose
Ø if the book helped you or changed you in any way
Ø parts you would change if you were the author
Ø what you think will happen next
Ø a conflict in the book that represents a connection to a world issue
Ø how you would make this text into a move
Ø any other appropriate idea you come up with (check with the teacher if
you are unsure)
Success Criteria....
To be
successful make sure you have included…
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the date
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the salutation/greeting
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the body of the letter (minimum one paragraph for September and October; two paragraphs for Nov. and Dec; three paragraph Jan on)
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each paragraph has an introduction, 3 details, and a conclusion
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closing
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signature
Within your
letter please make sure you have…
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edited your work
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included the title of your book and the author
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left appropriate spacing for a letter
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used quotations marks and the page number if using a quote from the
text
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Reading Strategies
Non-Continous Text:
Remember! Reading doesn't always have to be about a book! Spice it up! Engage your child's interest by coming up with new and exciting pieces of texts. Road signs, recipes, maps, brochures, posters, advertisments, flyers, menus, cereal boxes, and newspapers are great tools that are easy to find. Use the upcoming holiday season (e.g., toy flyers) to teach math skills, and media awareness (e.g., Who is the intended audience of this flyer/poster/ad? What strategies did they use to make you want to buy their products? )
1. Think what do you know about the topic
2. Use the pictures
3. Look at the beginning of the work, make the first sound
4. Look for little words in big words
5. Look for parts of words you know
6. Sound it out
7. Reread the sentence softly out loud
8. Make a movie in your head
9. Skip the work and move on, go back what word fits?
10. Ask yourself: Does it look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense?
11. Use words around you, use word wall, or dictionary
12. Ask someone
Comprehension Strategies
| Making Connections Text to Self Text to Text Text to World | Questioning Ask Questions to guide your reading Why am I reading this? What might happen next? Did I understand what I just read? What did I learn? Why did the author write this? |
| Visualization Make a picture of what is happening in the story in your head using all five senses | Synthesizing Activate prior knowledge and add what you just read to create new understandings Get your mind thinking |
| Inferring Think about what might happen next based on what you already know Read between and beyond the lines | Predicting Think about what might happen next Use the text to confirm or contradict your prediction |
Types of Written Text
