3B Blog News from Mrs. Kerian: Cadets for a Cause....Tomorrow!

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Cadets for a Cause....Tomorrow!

The district is excited to participate in Cadets for a Cause tomorrow!!! Everyone is excited to see how much money we raised as well as participate in great activities for an important cause.

I wanted to send a few reminders on my blog that the students and I discussed this morning. While most have brought their's in, remember that your "admission ticket" is a canned item for the Food Pantry. If your child has not brought one in yet, please remember to do so by tomorrow. Many students brought in extra, which was so caring!

We will be outside all morning so I am encouraging the students to dress in layers. The morning is a little chillier than noon so a sweatshirt would be good. Being the students will be involved in various activities, I also encourage them to wear tennis shoes.

Sack lunches will be provided from the school for lunch so no one needs to bring a lunch from home. We will be eating outside the elementary/jr. high while the DJ plays music. When students are done, they can walk the track, dance, and simply have fun.

The school invites the community up to watch and participate in this wonderful event! Cadets for a Cause never ceases to amaze me........and brings a tear to my eye.

Let's cross our fingers for good weather!
Any questions, feel free to contact me via email or phone.

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Reading Comprehension Strategies

Inferencing: Experienced readers make inferences as they read. Readers use what they already know and think about what they have read to construct meaning. The reader should ask themselves, "What I already know in my brain" and "What did I just read or see?" to make an inferences that is not stated by the author of person.

Determining Important Information: Determining important information is a strategy that helps us pick out the most important ideas we read. The first line of a paragraph may say the main idea of the page, but a reader should read through the details to decide what is the important information. The reader should ask themselves, "What is the author trying to teach me?"

Summarize: A summary is a paragraph or a statement in your own words that gives the most important ideas from what you have read. Readers determine important information, make inferences, and visualize when summarizing. We use the graphic organizer of "Somebody....Wanted....But....So.....Then....". "Somebody" is the character. "Wanted" would be the what the character wanted. "But" would be the problem. "So" would be how the problem was solved, and "Then" would be the resolution or end.

Predicting:When a reader predicts, they use information from the text along with their own knowledge and experiences to make thoughtful or informed guesses about what will happen in the text. When your child is reading at home, encourage them to stop and share predictions he/she may have as they are reading.

Identifying Text Structure: Recognizing how a piece of writing is organized can help readers understand what is happening. There can be different ways a text is structured.

* Sequential - in order

* Cause and Effect

* Question / Answer

* Steps in a Process

When reading at home, discuss how the text is organized and structure.

Ask and Answer Questions: Experienced readers ask questions about the text in order to understand what they are reading. Asking questions helps readers visualize, monitor comprehension and determine important information. Answers to these questions may be found in the text, or put together from the reader's own experience. At home, parents can encourage students to stop and ask questions while they read and recognize when answers are within the text or needed to be answered by own experience.

Paraphrasing: When readers paraphrase, they tell main ideas using their own words. This helps them check their understanding of what they have read. At home, parents can encourage their student to read a selection, flip the book over, and tell them main ideas from their reading in their own words. Flip the book back over and read another section or page before flipping it over again and paraphrasing his/her reading.

3B Blog News from Mrs. Kerian

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Cadets for a Cause....Tomorrow!

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