Welcome to the first full week of fifth grade! This week we will continue our dive into characterization. Keep in mind the standard's goal as we work on this: we want to be able to compare and contrast two or more characters. We'll be able to do that very well by the end of the week.
Today we watched a video about characterization--the video creator used scenes from Frozen to illustrate direct and indirect characterization. Ask your kids about the difference between these two--most of them should be able to tell you AND give you an example (they certainly could in class!).
After the video, we worked on a reading passage. Students had to fill in a report card for two of the characters, grading them on specific character traits. This is exactly what they will do for homework, so it was good practice.
HOMEWORK:
Choose ONE character from any book read recently or being read currently. Fill out the Character Traits Report Card handout for that character. This is due tomorrow morning.
Make sure your student owns the book Hidden Figures. It's the young readers edition through Scholastic. This was on the class supply list, and we will be starting with it soon so we can do some cross-curricular work with science class.
I will not always list the homework as students should be getting in the habit of writing it into their planners.
Thank you! Please 🙏 post homework if you can. We are currently arguing about what she thought she should be writing vs what I thought.... 🙇
ReplyDeleteI certainly will if I have time to post that day! At the end of each day, both homerooms go through what homework they have and write it in their planners. I'll make sure I remind them to jot down important details (like the character traits they had to include for last night's homework)!
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