August 27th-5th Grade Literacy

August 27th

News and Upcoming Events

• MAP Testing will begin Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Please, make sure scholars have a good night sleep and come at 8:00 a.m. to eat breakfast. 5th Grade Reading MAP test is now Monday, August 27th at 10am 
• Electives have started! Students have enjoyed this opportunity so far!
• Reminder-Gym is on Monday's for 5A. Please make sure scholar's have their gym uniform on Monday's only 
• Lunch and recess will be in the classroom until MAP testing is over
• Please make sure that all scholars are coming to school in uniform. This includes tie, button down blue shirt, and dress shoes.

Word Study
The sort for this week will be the prefix co-. Students will receive 15 words on Monday and copy them down in their word study or reading notebook. There will also be a quiz on Friday with these words. There is a rubric they have received that will help scholars complete these assignments to the best to their ability. I strongly encourage students to use the rubric to help them complete their weekly assignments to help them get full credit.  The previous word study quizzes will be graded and returned to students by Wednesday. Below is the schedule of word study homework assignments.

Monday-Finish sorting the words and defining them-worth 4 points
Tuesday-ABC order-worth 4 points
Wednesday-Sentences-worth 12 points
Thursday-Study for quiz

Reading
On Monday, students will be taking a fiction and nonfiction quiz and will have the MAP reading test. On Tuesday, we will begin using the green Scholar Letter notebooks. In these notebooks, students will keep a running record of the books they have read and write letters to me about their books. We will focus on the strategy of stop and jotting while we are reading. Students are encouraged to stop and jot while they read at home as well.

Writing
Students are choosing a seed idea and will begin to draft their personal narrative. We will also spend time discussing the writing process. The writing process is prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing. Students will learn what writing actions take place throughout each stage of the writing process and take their seed idea through the stages.

Have a wonderful week and please let me know if you have any questions!

Ms. Zwolinski