I'm Getting a Reading

I'm not going to lie: In this reading program, we learn about some odd things mixed in with science and history. Today, as you won't be surprised to hear, we read about different kinds of ovens and how they cook food. We learned about solar ovens, mud ovens, and--once again--microwave ovens.

Part of tonight's homework is to write a short (three to four sentence) response to an interview written in their Reading Sourcebook. This is an assessment, and thus a grade will be taken on it. Make sure your child reads the story carefully before answering. This is the kind of assessment which, in the future, will be done at school. For this first one, however, I wanted to send it home to be done, so that you can see what is expected. When we do these at school, I will read the story out loud with them before they answer the question, and then eventually, in the spring, I plan to ween them off of that as well.

Speaking of reading, I also want to remind you that students should be reading for at least twenty minutes. And after reading, every once in awhile, ask your child to point out at least one word that has a long vowel sound, or one sentence that is compound, or one interrogative sentence. They should be able to do all of those things--I could give you a whole long list!

Hope everyone has a great Thursday evening!