Thursday, Reading labs, Summary Break-Down, & Art as change

Thee Day,

Morning Meetings
Reading Lab
Snack/recess
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Class Break
Lunch
Silent Reading
Art Lesson
Meeting
Level Rewards/Behavior Incentives

Reading Labs:
The literature reading labs are interactive groups, each ran by a separate staff that include analysis, and in-depth lessons around the books.  Students are both reading and writing during this time.  Depending on the book, the story may be one longer novel or it is a quickly changing story.  The groups are by appropriate level and targeting the needs of the individual students.
 
City of Light, City of Dark
 http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/city-light-city-dark-0#cart/cleanup

Rave-O:
 http://www.soprislearning.com/literacy/rave-o


Houghton & Mifflin Reading Writing Workbooks

RECESS

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The middle part of thee day,

What is a summary? 

 I've noticed a struggle to write about what you read. We will do it together!!

 Let's look at some samples! 
 The Hobbit:

The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1170358/?ref_=nv_sr_1






Book Summary:

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

Non-Ficition (meaning the book is about information and facts) summaries are more precise.  
  
Let's do some together!
 (Powerpoint)

Independently:
 Summary Test
  

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 Class Break :-)))))))))
 Lunch/RECESS


ART!
 Students will look at art as a voice and vehicle for change, with respect to MLKjr day.  Examples of posters that speak about an issue.  Watch a video on art for change project.  Then students will pick their own issue they want to speak about and design their own poster.  They can use a template of a poster from online or create their own.  When this is complete, they will post on our class collaborative blog and comment on each others.

Art as a voice, protest posters!