Read to Self, Accuracy Strategies, Writing practice, and Sketching like a Scientist!

Literacy

This week we have continued practicing Reading to Self independently in order to increase our reading stamina.

We are up to 10 minutes. Ask me what I am finding challenging about Read to Self and what I am enjoying the most?

We have been practicing improving our reading accuracy by using Stretch out the word and by Using the Pictures as clues when we get stuck:

Here are some suggestions for how you can practice this at home:

Writing

Today we wrote about our summer break. We answered the questions:

What did I do over the summer break?

Why did I like it?

What was my favorite part?

What is something I wish I had done over the break that I did not get to do?

Sketching Like a Scientist!

Today students brainstormed about the question What is a Scientist?

We then practised sketching like a scientist by examining, drawing, labeling, thinking, and wondering about an insect specimen!

Tomorrow we will do this again with many different bug/insect specimens.
Ask me how sketching like a scientist is different from just sketching a picture?