Artic(ulation). Groups
This week students working on articulation skills reviewed their speech calendars and/or practiced forming sentences using words containing their target sounds. Students have been focusing on their speech production and monitoring their speech while they are talking. Next week they will rate their own speech and identify if they are unclear.
Language Groups
Fifth, sixth, and seventh graders finished reading passages related to social studies and began writing another extended response about the articles. We are practicing writing extended responses in preparation for the ISATs in March. The reading portion of the ISAT requires students to read a selection and then write an essay in response to a question, or prompt, about the passage. Students are expected to formulate a key idea sentence stating their position, provide evidence from the text to support their key idea, interpret the information from the text, and then draw a conclusion and explain what they learned from the author. Mrs. DeYoung takes students through the writing process step by step to develop their essays.
Third grade language groups read and discussed a story. They enjoyed describing the characters and learning new vocabulary. Fourth grade students read about the causes of the Civil War and practiced using context cues to infer meanings of unknown words and define familiar vocabulary.
