Bly 5 LA

On Thursday the students will have a reading test.  This will be on finding the main idea in a text which we have been working on for a few weeks.  There will be a section that the students will have to read that they have not seen before. There will also be a comprehension section on a short story we have been studying together all week. Here is a link to the story if they would like to review and discuss it at home:  GRade 5 short story for test

The students have been working on finding and communicating the main idea through a variety of texts.  They had a small assignment to create their own comic that represented one main commentary, message, lesson or theme. Here is the rubric for this assignment, which will be marked on Thursday, January 25 Comic 4 3 2 1 Main idea/Style The comic contains a thoughtful lesson style of humour is effective The main idea is present yet predictable Style is mostly maintained Main idea is present but difficult to identify or stated explicitly Attempt at maintaining the style Does not contain a main idea no attempt at a consistent style Representation The main idea can be clearly understood the visual allow the reader to interpret the comic easily The main idea is generally understood ...

ELA is currently working on reading strategies.  The first one we are concentrating on is summary/finding the main idea. Here are a few videos that provide clues to help with this strategy Main idea video -1 Main idea video - 2