Keep using iReady at home! 10 or 15 minutes a couple of nights per week will make such a difference! Here is the log-on information: iready-winter-break-letter
- Using Google Chrome, navigate to https://launchpad.classlink.com/ocps.
- Enter your username and password, and click “Sign In.”
- Click on the “iReady” icon. If necessary, retype the user name and password used above.
- Click on the “Reading” or “Math” icons and begin the lesson!
Please note that we have 2 back-to-back shorts weeks of instruction (3 days this week and 4 days next week due to our Sea World field trip). We decided to send home the spelling words this week so you would have plenty of time to practice them, but we will not have formal spelling homework until next Monday and the quiz will be next Thursday.
There are no challenge spelling words this week, but trying seeing how many other examples of compound words you can find! Make a list and show off your hard work to Mrs. McBride!
This week we are learning about “thin” questions versus “thick” questions. “Thin” questions often have answers that are “right there” in the text (Who is the main character? When does this story take place? Where does this story take place? What is the problem?). They are great for checking for basic comprehension. “Thick” questions are more implicit and require readers to combine text evidence with their schema (Why…? How…?). These questions might have more than one correct answer and are open-ended. “Thick” questions push readers to analyze the text and think more deeply about what they read. These are the types of questions we want to challenge our students with! I’m attaching a list of “thick” question starters for you to use as you read at home with your child. Thick Questions