Happy Hump Day!
Today, we worked in reading on using text structure to help us discover the main idea of a text. We were working with a short 4 page passage entitled Tricky Tales, which suits our upcoming unit on the west well! The students created "boxes and bullets" to track the main idea and supporting details. One thing we are working on is ensuring that the main idea is a SENTENCE explaining what the passage is mostly about, not just the one or two word topic.
The students took their test on the Reconstruction era today. Overall, the results are looking good. We did a quick feedback survey, and 100% of the students said the test was "fair," covering what we had learned. Tomorrow, we will go over the results and begin our unit on Westward Expansion, which ties in perfectly with our read-aloud, Mr. Tucket.
Homework: Read 30 minutes in your practice range (this is especially important, as most students have realized they are behind in their goal for the nine weeks!)
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