3B Blog News from Mrs. Kerian: Iowa Assessment Celebration!

Monday, May 11, 2015

Iowa Assessment Celebration!

I am excited to see a lot of the parents joining us for our Iowa Assessment Celebration this Friday! I know parents have not seen their child's score yet (they will be sent at the end of the year), but the district as a whole showed great increase compared to last year's scores. Thus....we are going to celebrate!!! Way to go Howard Winn!

Information was sent home last week with information. I will post it below in case you have forgotten.

Who: Students in grades 3-6 and their parents (please do not bring other siblings, as the focus of the day is to celebrate the achievements of the 3rd-6th graders).

What: Come join your child for a picnic lunch made by the school. Then stay for an assembly, a performance by magician Craig Beytien, followed by outdoor activities if weather allows.

When: Friday, May 15th

Schedule: 3rd grade lunch time: 11:25
Celebration: 12:30
Magician: 1:00
Karaoke, Outdoor Games, Snacks: 2:00-3:15

Parents should have returned money and sheet if they plan to attend the lunch as we needed a lunch count by last Friday. Thanks to all of those parents who are joining us! The kids are excited!

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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

Monday, May 11, 2015

Iowa Assessment Celebration!

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