SQ3R

In class we have been focusing on non-fiction texts, their text features, and strategies for reading these informational texts with active reading strategies. We have begun to work with a strategy called SQ3R.







SQ3R:
Survey – look at pictures, captions, title, first and last sentence.
Question – turn each text feature into a question and write them on your paper, leaving space for notes.
Read – The text!
Respond – Answer each question in your notes.
Review – Your notes to study!





We worked with non-fiction textbooks and current events articles. Students were shown a strategy to set up 2-column notes and SQ3R for studying content area information, where folding back the page makes for a handy self-quiz tool.

Most importantly, SQ3R reminds us to be active readers, survey and predict, ask and answer questions, and review the content when we read.

In class next week students will be completing an SQ3R using a current events article.

Cause and Effect

In class Thursday and Friday we are discussing 4 different cause and effect patterns.
Then we applied this strategy to a story in our literature book.

This page is a short cause and effect homework assignment, due next class meeting.

Writing Week

We will be reviewing the District Writing Assessment #1 and making revisions to our drafts to place in our Language Arts portfolios. We will learn a powerful graphic organizer, The Four Square Writing Method, to help improve the focus, organization, and detail of our essay writing.

The rewrite of our District Writing #1 will begin in class on Monday and Tuesday, and should be finished for homework, to be collected Thursday and Friday.

Later this week we will use this strategy when we do the District Writing Assessment #2. We're looking to make great strides as writers this week!