Drawing Conclusions: Day 3 (I can draw a conclusion by combining my prior knowledge with what I see or read.)

First: Mini-lesson

Please make sure that this anchor chart is copied down in your Reader's Notebook Mini-Lesson Tab. 

Third: Make Your Own

Grab your earbuds and watch this wordless, short animated film. Yes, I said wordless and earbuds in the same sentence. Just because there are no words, still means that sound effects will be heard. After watching the movie film through, I want you to draw your own conclusions on what the character's dialogue, action and thoughts are. Remember, a conclusion is made by using what you know and combining it with what you see or read. 

Using the Graphic Organizer below, I'd like you to brainstorm a list of these conclusions. The more the merrier and the better prepared you will be for tomorrow. 

Fourth: Comprehension  Passage

Fifth: Silent Reading

Grab your novel and find a quiet, comfortable place to enjoy your novel.

Drawing Conclusions: Day 1 ( I can explain what a conclusion is.)

First: What is a Conclusion?

Grab your earbuds and watch this short introduction video on what a conclusion is. 

Second: Practice on Your Own

We draw conclusions all the time in life and when we read. Sometimes our conclusions are on the setting of the story, the characters, or to get inside the author's head. Complete this worksheet in Notability. Please pay special attention to "Why did you think that?" and make sure to explain very thoroughly. That means you can not be vague, instead be specific with your answers. The more detail and reasoning the better. 

Third: Silent Reading

After a weekend, what better way to start our week off then by having lots of time to get lost in our book. Please find a quiet, non-distracting place for you to enjoy your novel.

Author's Purpose PIE'ED- Day 3 (I can identify the author's purpose by finding the main idea.)

First: Main Idea Work

Sometimes test authors require students to identify the main idea as part of the author's purpose. Remember, the main idea is what the passage is mostly about. In order to practice this skill, let's use this passage to first find the main idea (using a graphic organizer) and then combine it with the author's purpose. This will help you find the specific purpose the author had for writing a text.

Passage

Graphic Organizer

Main Idea

Using the graphic organizer, what do all the details have in common? Remember, the main idea includes the whole text- not just one paragraph. What is the main idea? ________________________

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Author's Purpose?

What was the author trying to do here? Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain or Describe?

Combine the Two

The purpose + the main idea = the author's purpose to a test question. Remember, the answer is always more than just persuade, inform, entertain, explain or describe. There needs to be a specific main idea after.

Second: Try it on Your Own

Using these steps, create your own correct answer for the author's purpose for the passages. 

1. Read the passage
2. Find the Main Idea
1. Use a graphic organizer to locate important details in the text.
2. Ask yourself, "What do all of these details have in common?" This is what the passage is mostly about.
3. Decide if the author is Persuading, Informing, Entertaining, Explaining, or Describing
4. Combine the purpose and the main idea.

Passage #1

Passage #2

Third: Author's Purpose Book Creator Project

Yesterday you began your author's purpose project. You should be close to finished with your five separate paragraphs (one for each purpose) on the topic of your choice. This was completed in your Writer's Notebook. 

Once that is finished, you are able to complete this assignment in Book Creator. You will have a title page and then five pages, one for each purpose. If you would like to app smash (make a pic collage for your posters and save it to your camera roll, use Haiku Deck for your title page or any other app) by all means, please do so. This is your chance to create with technology and share your writing in your own creative way.

Fourth: Silent Reading

Author's Purpose PIE'ED- Day 2 (I can demonstrate my understanding of PIE'ED by writing my own passage for each author's purpose.)

First: Let's Review 

Yesterday, we watched 9 separate clips for author's purpose. You filled out your thoughts and justifications- now we are going to go over them as a class to see how you did.

Second: Quizizz

Use the game code below to access your quiz at www.quizizz.com  For each of the five passages, remember to ask yourself, "What genre am I reading?" "Are there lots of facts?" "Is the author trying to convince me?" "Are there characters, a plot and a setting?" "Are their describing words? senses"

Third: Create Your Own Mini-Book

Yesterday you read five different passages on pie. When we discussed them as a group, many of you realized just how different the author's purpose can be. 

Today you are going to write your own passages. That's right, You are going to write a short paragraph passage (just like the pie ones) for each of the five types of author's purpose. I would like you to stick to the same topic (our example topic yesterday was pie) so you are able to see how an author adapts his/her writing to suit the purpose they are writing for.  

First: You are going to write your passages in your  Yellow Writer's Notebook. This will allow you to get your thoughts down on paper, reread your writing to see if it makes sense and edit it to elevate it afterwards.

Next: You will complete this assignment in Book Creator. You will have a title page and then five pages, one for each purpose. If you would like to app smash (make a pic collage for your posters and save it to your camera roll, use Haiku Deck for your title page or any other app) by all means, please do so. This is your chance to create with technology and share your writing in your own creative way. 

I can't wait to see what you come up with! This will be due Friday. 

Fourth: READ!

Cause and Effect

This Week's Story: Saving America's Wolves 

This week's Storyworks story is Saving America's Wolves. Besides learning about the history of wolves in America from the early 1800s to present day, we will also be studying cause and effect.

First: Sleeping With the Wolves: A Night at the Wolf Conservation Center Video

This video from the Scholastic News Kids Press Corps will take you on a trip to the Wolf Conservation Center, where you’ll learn how experts are protecting wolves—and what you can do to help.

Second: Padlet

Use the corresponding link below to get to a Padlet page. On this page you will post one question you could ask others about the movie. The question needs to be one that doesn't have one specific answer, instead one that there could be many correct answers. What is a conservation center? How do you feel about wolves being in a conservation center? 

Sullivan's Class

Moody's Class

Third: Anchor Chart

In the mini-lesson tab in your Reader's Notebook, make sure this chart is copied down.

Fourth: Cause and Effect Worksheet

After rereading or listening to the story today, please complete the paper copy of the worksheet below.

Fifth: Google Forms Quiz

Check your email for the link to this weeks quiz. Remember to locate your answers in your text.

Sixth: Cause and Effect Story

This week we have been working on locating the cause and effects in Saving America's Wolves. Now you get to create your own cause and effect story as a class.  You each have a classroom number, that is the slide you will be working on. Your cause must relate to the classmates effect in front of you. All 28 slides will be combined to create a story. An example of the graphic organizer is below.

Sullivan- Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers

Moody: Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers

Generalizations: Day 4 (I can connect generalizations and my world.)

First: Generalization Review

Friday, everyone created their own generalization statement and justified what made it a generalization. Let's review these!

Here is another generalization video that a class created. 

Second: Comprehension Check

We are going to work on comprehension passage around the skill, comparing and contrasting. You will locate this article in Readworks. It is titled, Nothing to Lose. 

When you are finished, your passage should look something like this.

Third: Generalization Project, Phase 1 and 2

Phase 1:

This week we've learn all about generalizations. Today you are going to do the prep-work for your generalization project, "Generalizations in My World". I want you to think about your life. What are some generalizations that you notice in your world? They can be about any topic. Write these generalizations down in a notebook. The more you come up with the better and they must connect to your world! Tomorrow, we will start phase 3- putting these generalizations into a creation app. 

Phase 2:

Ask yourself, "What is one image I could link all my generalizations to?" then take a photo of it and email it to yourself. This image also needs to connect to you and your world. This will allow you to fall right into Phase 3 tomorrow. 

Fourth: Silent Reading

Generalizations: Day 3 (I can explain why a statement is a generalization.)

First: Review

Grab your headphones! I'd like you to watch this short 2 minute video to refresh your memory on what a generalization is, all the clue words that hint to a generalization and to test your knowledge with examples.

Second: Reading

Yesterday you read with a partner the story, Stretching Ourselves and recorded some examples of generalizations in Google Docs. We reviewed these examples this morning. Today, I'd like you to get with a group (max 5), grab a Rockstar, your headphones and a Reading Street Text.. Please open up the book to Unit 4- Stretching Ourselves. Follow along as a group with the text audio. I want you to pause it when you get to a generalization and discuss what makes the statement a generalization. If it is not on the list- please add it to our Google Doc

Third: Comprehension Check

Please complete this Quizizz so I can see where your understanding is at regarding generalizations. 

Fourth: Create

On a notecard, I'd like you to write an example of a generalization. Then, I'd like you to explain why it is a generalization. That's right- I want you to justify your reasoning. You will find the notecards on my desk.

Fifth: Silent Read

Find a cozy spot to enjoy your novel!