READING
Students will participate in the DAILY 5 weekly routine. Daily 5 includes various reading, vocabulary, spelling, and writing activities. These activities are done in whole group, small groups or independently.
WRITING
Students will have many opportunities to practice their writing skills because it's a part of what they do in all subject areas. Some examples include report writing, friendly and business letter writing, personal narratives, poetry, literature responses, journal entries, short stories and science observations. Students will use the entire writing process as well as the 6 Traits Rubric as guides to develop their writing skills. Spelling will also be assessed within the students' writing and is viewed as an important part of a published piece.
**Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Students who copy word for word from a published work will earn a zero. Please see the student handbook for more information.
Bibliographies
Students will be required to document references for various projects. Click on the link below for examples of appropriate formats.
http://www.alburnett.k12.ia.us/Elementary/Library/Documents/Bibliography.pdf
SPELLING
This school year Sunset Ridge is implementing a new spelling program called Words Their Way. Unlike previous years, the whole class will not have the same list of words every week. In addition, spelling word sorts will be part of the Daily 5 weekly routine.
Online Text Book
*Students will be provided a username and password for the online version of the reading
textbook. The website is: www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
Online Resources
Ebsco Host-- this is a great source for research projects