Literacy

=What in the world is your reader doing in class?=

We are combining reading and writing skills in our literacy class. Using writing journals and shared reading, we retell and summarize each text read. Readers and writers also draw a summary of what they read. "Reading does for thinking what dreaming does for sleeping" //(brain expert Ken Wes).//

**The school-home connection:** As you read at home with your student, look for syllables, for example:
 * tion, sys, quent, anti, able, and non

Students are learning how to pronounce these and other syllables, in addition to their meanings. Understanding how syllables sound and what they mean will support your reader in decoding those big words, like SYLLABICATION!

Spelling: Teachers ask students to use spelling words in their writing each week, to make the connection between correct spelling and effective written communication. You can support your student's spelling and writing by asking him or her to write a letter to a friend or family member this week, using words with sounds from this week's spelling pattern.

Please contact me with any questions at (970) 613-6218, or by email at sponheimj@thompson.k12.co.us.

Lesson Plans: [|This week's plans (subject to change per students' needs).]

Classroom learning practice: Here's a link to the spelling homework, in case it was lost. Note that the document contains several weeks' of homework, so be sure to find the right assignment for this week.

[|Weekly Spelling Lists and Homework for April & May]

=Here's what we'll be learning about this quarter:=

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