Literacy Support Program

Newsletter

It has truly been a pleasure getting to
work along side each one of your children
this past month for literacy support. For
the past four weeks, we have been
working on reading comprehension
strategies and building on our guided
writing/free writing skills. The next four
weeks we will continue to work diligently
and make improvements together. J
Attached to this newsletter is an
evaluation form for UCS. Please have your
child bring it to Literacy Support by
Thursday, April 24th.
Thank you!
- Ms. Plewa

Key Terms
1. Blubber
2. Cartilage
3. Down
4. Equator
5. Habitat
6. Krill
7. Mammal
8. Manta Ray
9. Marine Animal
10. Organs
11. Plankton
12. Prey
13. Southern Hemisphere

What have we worked on so far?

Week One:
Comprehension Strategy: KnowWant to
KnowLearn (K-W-L)
Informational Text: Penguin Power
Purpose: To activate prior knowledge about a
topic; to set purposes for reading to confirm,
revise, or expand original understandings
related to a topic.
I Can Statement: I can use what I think I know
to help me find new information about a topic.
Week Two:
Comprehension Strategy: Thick and Thin
Questions
Informational Text: Arctic Life
Purpose: To create questions pertaining to a
text; to help students discern the depth of the
questions they ask and are asked; to use
questions to facilitate the understanding a text.
I Can Statement: I can tell the difference
between a thick and thin question and create
my own to help understand what I am reading.

Week Three:
Comprehension Strategy: Graphic
Organizer/Visual Organizer (Venn Diagram &
Fact Map)
Informational Text: Arctic Life & Seals
Purpose: To provide a visual model of the
structure of a text; to provide a format for
organizing information and concepts.
I Can Statement: I can tell how two different
subjects are similar and how they are different.
I can map out facts about a subject.
Week Four:
Comprehension Strategy: Prereading Plan
(PreP)
Informational Text: Wings in the Water
Purpose: To activate prior knowledge about a
topic; to introduce new vocabulary and make
connections.
I Can Statement: I can use what I already know
about a topic to understand new ideas and to
make new connections.