Today students were introduced to the fifth and final Daily 5 rotation - Work on Writing. "The writing component of the Daily 5™ provides additional support children require to become effective writers. Its purpose is to provide daily writing practice."(The Daily 5, p. 107)
This evening students are bringing home three important papers: 1. WWW Directions, 2. WWW Sort, 3. Spelling City Information. All of these are part of our weekly spelling program. Words Their Way is an amazing spelling program which allows each student to work on spelling words at his/her independent level. Students were assessed and are grouped based on a spelling pattern at the stage they are ready to master. The word sort is taught to each group on Monday and then reviewed daily in class. A second copy is sent home for students to review nightly (this task should take between 2&10 minutes to complete & it not intended to be onerous). Students are encouraged to say the word, spell the word, then place the word in the proper category. Some weeks the rows will have "headers", other weeks, it will not. I have purchased a membership for your child and they will have access to it both at school and at home as a means of practicing their words, this portion of the program is completely optional. On Friday, students will be tested on this spelling pattern. There will be 8 words from their sort and 2 words that follow the spelling pattern, but that they did not have as a part of their sort. The additional words are used to demonstrate that the student has mastered the pattern and is able to transfer the knowledge into his/her writing.
The November 2B Newsletter is available HERE.
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