Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Poems DON'T have to rhyme!
Hello to all you Roadrunner readers and writers! Have you been enjoying learning about poetry this week in language arts? Have you gone home and bragged to your parents that you know the difference between lyrical poems and free verse poems? Can you teach your younger siblings all that you have learned about meter, rhyme, stanzas, and line breaks? I have added a link to the Poetry 4 Kids website. We looked at it during class, and read some funny poems from the site. You will find many more poems and activities on this site. Please take a look at it and tell me what your favorite poems are, or what other parts of the site you enjoyed browsing through. Happy reading!
Friday, October 19, 2012
Using Non-Fiction Texts
Hello again to all you Wolverine readers and writers! I hope you have enjoyed all the non-fiction book features we have been studying in class over the last few weeks. Have you found some interesting non-fiction books in the library this week? We will be putting all our non-fiction knowledge to use next week when we create our non-fiction text features animal project, so be ready with your research on Monday, and we will begin making your projects.
Practice using your non-fiction text features when you are away from school. For example, look for tables or charts on food packages when you are shopping with your parents at the grocery store. Try reading a map before you go to a new place. Hopefully you are able to get to your destination without getting lost! When you read an article in a magazine, or online, always look for photos or other illustrations to help with your understanding of the information you are reading. Remember to read those picture captions! When you come to school next week, tell me what ways you have used to bring non-fiction texts into your everyday life. Let's see who can come up with the most creative ideas! Happy reading!
Practice using your non-fiction text features when you are away from school. For example, look for tables or charts on food packages when you are shopping with your parents at the grocery store. Try reading a map before you go to a new place. Hopefully you are able to get to your destination without getting lost! When you read an article in a magazine, or online, always look for photos or other illustrations to help with your understanding of the information you are reading. Remember to read those picture captions! When you come to school next week, tell me what ways you have used to bring non-fiction texts into your everyday life. Let's see who can come up with the most creative ideas! Happy reading!
Friday, September 21, 2012
What's the Problem?
Hello Ridgecrest Readers and Writers,
I hope you have enjoyed class as we have studied character conflict (what's the problem) and character traits (thoughts and feelings) in the stories we have read this week. Can you list the four types of character conflict? When you read a story, look for the conflict and the resolution of the conflict. That is what makes the story so interesting! Think of it as a treasure hunt - you are searching for the buried treasure (the conflict) and when you find it, you have struck gold (the resolution). Eureka! Try using what you have learned this week in your writing, too. When you revise your own compositions, make sure your story has a problem and a solution, because it will make the reader want to keep reading your story. So, as you read for your reading logs, and you write in your writer's notebook, keep in mind the conflict and the resolution. You'll become a better reader and a better writer.
I hope you have enjoyed class as we have studied character conflict (what's the problem) and character traits (thoughts and feelings) in the stories we have read this week. Can you list the four types of character conflict? When you read a story, look for the conflict and the resolution of the conflict. That is what makes the story so interesting! Think of it as a treasure hunt - you are searching for the buried treasure (the conflict) and when you find it, you have struck gold (the resolution). Eureka! Try using what you have learned this week in your writing, too. When you revise your own compositions, make sure your story has a problem and a solution, because it will make the reader want to keep reading your story. So, as you read for your reading logs, and you write in your writer's notebook, keep in mind the conflict and the resolution. You'll become a better reader and a better writer.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Hello Ridgecrest Roadrunner Readers and Writers!
Good Morning Ridgecrest Roadrunner Readers and Writers!
In 4th grade this year, you will have a chance to be a part of our classroom blog. On our blog, you will be to learn new things, go to websites from the links provided, make comments, and add your own reading and writing thoughts to our blog. Sounds pretty cool, eh? I hope you are as excited as I am to make our blog simply "A-Maize-ing!" As you look at our blog for the first time, check out some of the website links and you will find some great language arts websites where you can learn more about topics we are studying in class. Also, when you post your first comments, please tell me why you think I named our blog "Tuckett's A-Maize-ing Blog!" I am looking forward to reading your amazing comments. :-)
In 4th grade this year, you will have a chance to be a part of our classroom blog. On our blog, you will be to learn new things, go to websites from the links provided, make comments, and add your own reading and writing thoughts to our blog. Sounds pretty cool, eh? I hope you are as excited as I am to make our blog simply "A-Maize-ing!" As you look at our blog for the first time, check out some of the website links and you will find some great language arts websites where you can learn more about topics we are studying in class. Also, when you post your first comments, please tell me why you think I named our blog "Tuckett's A-Maize-ing Blog!" I am looking forward to reading your amazing comments. :-)
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