Forty-Third Day of School

Today we learned the important skill of how to summarize a selection. A summary is different than a retell in that it only gives the main idea of a selection without details. A good summary is about a sentence long and answers the questions: where, when, who, what, and how, often in that order, Today we summarized two selections. We found that some genres may not have a setting so where and when will be excluded from the summary. Summarization is a good skill to be practicing at home during reading time especially if a child is being read to.

We also recalled the selection we read about Alexander Graham Bell and developed essential questions to ask in an interview. Some students shared their interviewing skills again. The students who shared their interview are quite likely the same students to be earning a 4 on their report card in speaking. Our essential questions were:

• What did Alexander Graham Bell do for a living?
• Tell me about Alexander Graham Bell's mother.
• What did Alexander Graham Bell try to do when he was young?
• Tell about Alexander Graham Bell as a teacher.
• What was Alexander Graham Bell famous for?

Six students have completed and turned in their Unit 1Project.

Tomorrow the following question will be asked in class.

Hal has 3 chance tickets. Jude has the same amount of chance tickets as Kip. Altogether there are 15 chance tickets. How many chance tickets does Kip have? Explain how you know.