Reading:  We will read the story " If you Lived in Colonial Times". There is no selection test this week. There is a Unit 3 Reading Test on 2/14. vocabulary words for this week are:

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/4th/Homework/read/links.htm    This site has activities that support our Harcourt Trophies Reading Series.

 *We will continue to work on The Daily Five in class and CAFE. I will be sending home reading tips on the "Parent Pipeline Newsletter" explaining  how to reinforce what we are doing in class at home with your child. We learned how to Pick Good Fit books and are learning to increase our reading stamina. Hopefully your son/daughter is bringing their "Good Fit" book home nightly to  read 15-20 minutes each night and over the weekend and are continuing to log their time reading. Their "Good Fit" bag contains the book that they will be reading, a bookmark reminding them how to select a "Good Fit" book and a record keeping form to record minutes read at home and school. The more your child reads, the better reader they will become and writer as well!   Your help at home reinforcing your child's book selection process is very important. 

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           ~Book Clubs~  

We are reading a book for Book Clubs.  During Book Clubs students will work in small groups reading a novel together and discussing it over the course of approximately three weeks. Each time their group meets they will have a different job and response to complete.

Thank you for your support at home helping the children read and complete their jobs for Book Clubs. The next meeting date is highlighted in red.

Please make sure your assigned reading, job and response are completed !!!

The group meeting dates are as follows:

Meeting 1:  1/13          Meeting 4: 1/26

Meeting 2:  1/19          Meeting 5:  2/8

Meeting 3:  1/25          Meeting 6: 2/15

Jobs:

Quick Questioner: asks questions about the assigned reading. (3-5 questions)

Clever Connector: notes when something reminds them of something in their own life,

other stories, happenings at school, etc.

Wordsmith: find words that are unfamiliar, interesting, funny and tell what they mean

(at least 3)

Character Captain: writes down a character in the story and a trait they are showing :

(curious, funny, thoughtful, active, energetic, cheerful, athletic)

and explains how the character demonstrated that trait.

Summarizer: writes a short summary of the assigned reading.

Awesome Artist: draws a picture of a part they find particularly interesting,

funny, exciting, etc. and writes couple sentences telling about the part and why they chose it.

Please note: Sticky notes should be short. Student should read and use the post it notes to make

a note of a word to share, a part they found interesting, a connection they made,

or a question they want to ask their group. A minimum of five post it notes should be used.

They will be used to guide the group discussion.

A response to each section read should be completed for each group meeting. Response

should be supported with details from their reading.

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Language Arts: We will be learning about figurative language..

There are Grammar review games available on the Harcourt Brace web site. These are helpful

to review skills taught in class. They are organized by reading unit. See links below:

• 	Grammar Practice Park
  	Go for Grammar Gold

Click this link for more reading resources from Harcourt.