Language+Arts

__**Skills We're Working On**__
 * **Author's Purpose- **We have learned that there are three main reasons that author's write texts. The three main purposes of writing are to Persuade, Inform, and Entertain. We use the acronym PIE to help us remember.
 * **Click on the links below to practice determing the author's purpose **
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 * [] This site has links to many other resources and games for Author's Purpose


 * **Check out the video about author's purpose. The video states five categories for writing and goes a little beyond what we have discussed. Watch and expand your knowledge **
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 * **Main Idea,Details and Summarizing**- Students are working on finding the most important idea or concept from a paragraph. We are learning that when authors write nonfiction text they organize their writing in a specific way. They usually state the main idea in the first two sentences. Then they follow up with details that support the main idea. At the end of the paragraph authors will restate the main idea in a different way. Check out the video below for a quick review of main idea and details.

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__**Reading Curriculum Resources**__
 * **Making Connections**- This is one of our "Real Reading" thinking strategies. Students should make connections continuoslywhile independently reading. When they make connections it helps them better comprehend the story they are reading. I like to tell the students it's like interacting with the text. When you can connect to a characters situation or feeling, you are able to relate to the story, and therefore better understand it. There are three types of connections we make in class.
 * Text-Text
 * Text-Self
 * Text-World
 * Treasures Series Site for Kids: []
 * Treasures Series Site for Families: []
 * Accelerated Reader Quizzes- Look up book levels here [|www.arbookfind.com]

__**Recommended Reading Websites**__
 * <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Into the Book: []
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Readquarium : []

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">__**Reading Blogs**__
 * <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">KidBlog: Students already have a username and password set up. [|http://kidblog.org]