Mrs. Scheu's Classroom News
April 13 - April 17
🌟 Leveling Up Our Literacy!
This week we are beginning to put all of our reading comprehension skills into practice as we beginning our review all of the skills that we have learned this year. As we head toward the Georgia Milestones in a week, we are continuing to investigate and practice! We are combining all our ELA skills to dive deeper into the "how" and "why" behind various types of writing passages.
What We Are Mastering Together:
Our students are working on several key "Success Criteria" to become expert readers:
The Big Picture: We’re identifying if an author is trying to inform, entertain, or persuade us, and who they are writing for.
Seeing Different Sides: We are looking at the narrator’s perspective and how the story changes depending on who is telling it.
The Power of Words: Students are hunting for figurative language (like similes and metaphors) to see how authors paint a picture with words.
Text Features: We’re using maps, captions, and bold words as "clues" to help us understand the information faster.
Phonics: Schwa Sound (Practice available on Kids A-Z)
(Examples: above, soda, the, bacon, animal, carrot)
Grammar: Review of Skills
Writing: Milestones Platform Practice (opinion & informational)
Success Criteria:
Identify the general purpose (e.g., entertain, inform, persuade) and target audience of texts
Describe different perspectives of the narrators or speakers
Identify the context in which the texts is written
Use structures and features of texts to aid comprehension
Identify and describe the use of figurative language in texts
Compare how people live in different parts of the world and why
Analyze how setting affects people’s needs, actions, and routines
Identify how cultural stories and practices shape beliefs and relationships
Compare community experiences across time and traditions
Use textual and visual evidence to support understanding and comparison
We would love for more students from our classroom to participate in Running Club here at school. Cost will be covered. Simply register your child at the link provided... Click here for PE website. Only a few more weeks left!
4/6-4/10- Spring Break/No School
4/15- Letters of Encouragement (Milestones) Due
4/20- Milestones Testing (ELA)
4/21- Milestones Testing (ELA)
4/22- Milestones Testing (ELA)
4/23- Milestones Testing (Math)
4/24- Milestones Testing (Math)
4/30- Last Day of Running Club
5/11- Cultural Arts Day
5/12- CFC Talent Show
5/14- Field Day
5/18- 3rd Grade Market Day
5/19- 3rd Grade Greek Day
5/20- End of Year Party (1pm)
