Mrs. Lee's Literacy Lovers
- C. S. Lewis
HAPPY WEEK BEFORE SPRING BREAK! YAY! We have a very busy (and short) week ahead of us. As you all know, we have only a few short weeks until the ASPIRE test. On the days that we are in the classroom this week, I'll be discussing test-taking tips and strategies with the kids. Here is what our week will look like.
Monday: Students will look at their latest STAR reading scores and set a realistic goal for their last attempt, which will be in a month or so. Then, we will discuss various test-taking strategies to prepare for the ASPIRE. Tuesday: Civil Rights Museum field trip! We will be out of the classroom. Wednesday-Thursday: Students will put the test-taking strategies discussed Monday to use. I will give the students a piece of text with both multiple-choice and open-ended questions to answer once they've read it. I will give them 30 minutes of class to read and answer as many questions as they can. We will do this just like the ASPIRE, so I will have dividers set up, and I won't be giving them any help to find or compose answers. For the last 20 minutes of class, we will discuss the correct answers as well as compose open-ended responses together. Friday: E-Day! Students will complete an assignment for me at home. They will be given this assignment no later than Wednesday. If you would like a few helpful test-taking videos, click the links below! THIS TEST DOES NOT DEFINE YOU - Very powerful; please watch! Dilly the Therapy Dog Demonstrates Test-Taking Skills Test-Taking Vocabulary Rap As always, thanks for visiting! :) ~ Mrs. Lee
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Happy weekend, students and parents! We are finally back on track to start studying new skills at the beginning of the week. Yay! This week in reading, we will once again concentrate on the genre of free-verse, but this time, it will be free-verse poetry! All examples of poetry this week will be written in the first person point of view. We will be discussing how we know that the poems are first person as well as what we find out about our narrators because of that point of view. Lastly, we will be looking for three examples of figurative language within the poems: idioms, alliteration, and assonance. Be sure to check out the (hilarious) review videos included below. I think they will be really helpful. I'm also including several links to IXL practice of these skills. I hope y'all have a wonderful weekend!
Helpful Links IXL 6th Grade Language Arts: Idioms & Adages (GGG.1-GGG.4) and Figures of Speech (HHH.1-HHH.2) First Person Point of View review Alliteration and Assonance rap from Flocabulary Free Verse Poetry review Idiom Review As always, thanks for visiting! :) ~Mrs. Lee Hey there parents and students! I'm reporting from my recliner again, but this time, I'm completely well! Praise the Lord! :) I just wanted to provide a quick update on our schedule for the remainder of this week and next week. Tomorrow, we will begin exploring new skills and a new genre. Even though our genre is realistic fiction -which the kids are familiar with, it will be written in the style of free verse. For more information on exactly what that means, check out the video I've included in the helpful links below. We will still focus on theme, but our second skill for the week will be homographs. We will test on these skills next Thursday, March 9. Next Friday, we will be doing something fun with Disney and Pixar animated short films. :)
Because theme was our main skill last week, I didn't include any new helpful links on theme. Please visit my next to last blog post to find review videos and links for theme. Also, checking out the Upcoming Events tab to see what's happening at SMS in March. Have a safe evening! Helpful Links IXL: Homograph review 2 IXL: Homograph review 1 Author Sarah Crossan talks about free verse novels Homograph "Love Yourself" - Justin Bieber parody Short homograph lesson Thanks for visiting! :) ~ Mrs. Lee |
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