Week of January 27-31

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One of the best ways to strengthen reading comprehension is to connect ideas in the text. Readers connect in three main ways: Text to self, text to text and text to world Text-to-self connection: Relate something from the book to your own life. Text-to-text connection: Relate the book to another book youve read. Text-to-world: Relate what youve read to something big. How does this message relate to real life? How is this text like something that is happening (or has happened) in the world? Text-to-world connections are the hardest to make and take the most practice. To get the big ideas of the text, we must think about what we already know about the topic, and we often have to gather evidence to make inferences, and think deeply about how the ideas in the text relate to real life. Heres one simple way families can practice connecting the big ideas in a text to the real world. Read the news together! 1. 2. 3. Find a newspaper article that interests you. Discuss what you already know about the topic. Read the article together. Talk about new vocabulary words and parts that are hard to understand. 4. Make some connections. Start with the obvious. What is this article mostly about? Then consider the following: Who is involved? Which community does this information affect? Now dig a little deeper: What do you think the author really wants us to do/think/feel/understand? Do you think the author has a message that he or she isnt stating? How will the events or information described in this article affect the community or the world?

Taking a few minutes to read and discuss the news together helps kids see how you make important connections between what you read and your real life. Making connections is a key skill when reading all types of fiction and nonfiction texts; but because the articles are short and the information is very obviously connected to our real lives, the newspaper is the perfect place to start practicing!

Boone Elementary 8101 Croftwood Dr. 512-414-2537

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Monday: Hamburger or Garden Burger / Yogurt Plate Tuesday: Pizza / Tuna Salad Sandwich Wednesday: Chicken Tenders/ Meatloaf Thursday: Bean & Cheese Burrito / Soft or Crispy Tacos Friday: Fish Mac n Cheese / Steak Sticks

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continue making connections across texts, making inferences and using context clues while reading historical fiction. Students will be writing imaginative stories.
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will be learning about the Industrial Revolution.

Monday: P.E. Tuesday: Art Wednesday: Music Thursday: P.E. Friday: Art
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