Balanced Literacy
Reading:
There are many exciting things we will be learning this year in Language Arts to help us all become great readers and writers! Reading is fun, and everyone will have time to practice at school and at home!
Our Units of Study this year include:
- Readers and Writers Workshop & Launching Guided Reading and Writing
- Author Celebration: Cynthia Rylant
- World Cultures and Folktales
- Westward Migration
- Economics
Each student has their own account on Raz Kids, so please feel free to login from home to read or listen to reading online! Each child's login information is taped to the inside cover of their agenda. Happy reading!
Listen to Reading:
Writing:
Writing is exciting! We will have many opportunities to share writing pieces throughout the year! We will develop writing skills for narrative, expository and opinion writing. We start the year analyzing writing pieces and discussing writing conventions and grammar.
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Word Study:
Word study and spelling skills will be a focus throughout the year. Students will be working with a variety of spelling patterns here at school and at home for practice. In addition, we will be working with third grade vocabulary words to enhance student knowledge. Some fun games to play at home include Scrabble, Boggle, Bananagrams and Upwords.
Word Play:
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