Parent Teacher Conferences

ELA Classwork
A large portion of your child's grade is based on the work they show in class. During the reading
workshop students are taught various skills. Every lesson has a teaching point and this teaching
point corresponds to independent work he/she should be engaged in.

Reading Logs- Monday- Friday (Due on Mondays)

Please check in with your child about their reading log, this gives you the opportunity to discuss
with your child what reading skill they have identified in their response. By checking in on their
reading log, we are creating a partnership between the child, parent and teacher which is very
beneficial to the children.

Each response should be answered as follows:

C.E.G.-
C: Claim
A claim is a statement about the text. It is not a retell of the text. The claim MUST tie into a
reading skill.
Example 1: Kek was feeling depressed because he could not find his mother.
Example 2: The relationship between Kek and his aunt is positive.

E: Evidence
Evidence includes examples from the text that support your claim. Think what the character
does!

G: Grow your idea

Elaborate on your evidence and your claim.

Wordly Wise:
Wordly Wise assessments are every other Wednesday.
 Things You Can Do At Home

1. Theme:
a. Read together short stories or fairy tales and analyze what the moral/lesson/theme
of the story was. Identify how this theme was developed.
b. Watch a movie/TV show together and analyze what the lesson learned was in the
movie. Identify how this theme was developed.
2. Character Feelings:
a. While watching a movie/TV show together you can classify the feelings the
characters are feeling and how you came to that answer. Practicing finding
evidence!
b. Read together short stories or fairy tales while identifying character feelings
throughout the text.
3. Vocabulary:
a. You can set up a “word of the week” for your family, where you challenge your
child to use a new vocabulary word. This will help with building their vocabulary.
By the end of the year, they will know 52 new words!
4. Main Idea:
a. Have your child read one chapter of their book and tell you the main idea.
b. Watch a movie together and discuss the main idea at the end of the movie
 How to Help with Reading Passages at Home

Fiction/ Narrative Nonfiction:

ANNOTATING: Students should read a chunk of the text and ask “What is important to note
here”

The students should be looking for:

★ Character feelings and traits
★ Character relationships
★ Setting- mood
★ Problem
★ Solution
★ Theme

Fiction Questions
For Multiple choice questions:

★ MUST cover the answers and write their own before they choose one
★ Questions that refer to a specific part of the text, they should be going back and rereading
that section before answering the question
★ Vocabulary- Don’t get stuck! They can lightly cross out a word they don't know, this
shouldn't affect their understanding of the whole text. ONLY IF NEEDED.

Informational Nonfiction reading:

★ Write down the main idea of each section
★ Pay attention to everything on the page, text boxes, images, captions.

Nonfiction Questions:
★ MUST cover the answers and write their own before they choose one
★ Questions that refer to a specific part of the text, they should be going back and
rereading that section before answering the question
★ Vocabulary- Don’t get stuck! They can lightly cross out a word they don't know,
this shouldn't affect their understanding of the whole text. ONLY IF NEEDED.