Reading

The first few days of school, we will be reviewing school rules and extensively learning classroom procedures. It is very difficult to learn without consistent rules and procedures in place in the classroom. For this reason the first few days will be solely dedicated to learning about our classroom’s atmosphere. To further teach about the importance of following classroom rules, we will be reading the text __Officer Buckle and Gloria__ by Peggy Rathmann.  [|Officer Buckle and Gloria movie]
 * __August 25-27 (Week 1) __**

**__August 30- September 3 (Week 1, cont.) __** This week we will be reading __Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome__, by Margaret Davidson. This story is in the Narrative Non-Fiction/ Content (Social Studies) genre. __Balto__ is based on a true story that takes place in 1925. Balto is a Siberian Husky sled dog who led his team of dogs through harsh snow storms in order to save the town of Nome, Alaska from a diptheria outbreak. There are statues of Balto in Anchorage, Alaska and in Central Park, New York. Balto died on March 14, 1933 and is now mounted and displayed at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Cleveland, Ohio. The Iditarod is an Alaskan dog sled race held annually in March. This race commemorates the true race against time that Balto took to save many lives. As we read __Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome__ we will be focusing on finding the main idea of a selection. In order to successfully find the main idea of large passages or stories, we will begin by using smaller passages such as the articles listed below. Balto activities Building Prior Knowledge Flipchart 

﻿  **__September 6- September 10 (Week 2) __** Due to Math and Reading Pre-EOG's that were administered last week, we are running slightly behind schedule. In Reading this week, we will be continuing __Balto, The Dog Who Saved Nome__.

**__September 13- September 17 (Week 3)__** We will be reading //Little Grunt and the Big Egg,// by Tomie de Paola, this week! This story falls under the genre of Fantasy. In this story, Little Grunt has been sent out to collect eggs for lunch by his mother. When he returns, Little Grunt is carrying the largest egg the Grunt tribe has ever seen. They put the egg beside the hearth overnight and to their surprise, it hatches! Ask your child for the rest of the details and full summary of the story! Throughout the week we will be learning about: the characteristics of a fantasy, the skill of summarization, and identifying important information throughout the text. The genre of fantasy has characters that can't be real or events that could not happen in real life.

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**__September 20- September 24 (Week 4)__** This week begins the start of our poetry experience! I absolutely love everything about poems. Personally, my favorite children's poet is Shel Silverstein. But, there are TONS of wonderful children's poets available. We will be learning key terms of poetry including: line, stanza, rhythm, rhyme, and mood. This week we are learning the basics of poetry and immersing ourselves in the wide variety of poems available to children.

On a different note, we will be taking our very first Craven County assessment this week. A Reading assessment is given at the 4 1/2 week mark and 9 week mark of every quarter. Can you believe we have already been in school for 4 1/2 weeks? Our assessment will be administered on Wednesday, September 22.

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**__September 27- October 1 (Week 5)__** This week we will be studying the Nonfiction genre of Biographies. Biographies are a written account of another person's life. Our weekly selection is entitled, __The Olympic Games: Where Heroes are Made__, by Nicolas Camacho. The story chronicles the events of the first Olympic Games, held in Greece, and how they have influenced the Olympics that we now know! The students will learn about famous Olympic atheletes such as: Evelyn Ashford (Track and Field), Lenny Krayzelburg (Swimming), and Lisa Fernandez (Softball). Our skill for the week is finding details. Students will learn how to correctly find important details in a selection.



**__October 4- October 8 (Week 6)__** Due to missing almost three days of school last week, we will continue working on finding details while reading __Olympic Games: Where Heroes are Made__.

**__October 11- October 15 (Week 7)__** This week we will begin working on procedures/instructions. The most common thing that people think of in regards to procedures in usually recipes. This week we will be learning different places we see procedures/instructions, creating small projects based on certain procedures and instructions, and sequencing the events in procedures and instructions. What do you think would happen in you left out a step? We will be doing rotations with the other third grade teachers on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.



**__October 18- October 22 (Week 8)__** <span style="display: block; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">CRAVEN COUNTY ASSESSMENTS