[Making a difference: Share Kindness]

I would like to let you know that we got to support Nurullojon today and loan of $25 supported his business in Tajikistan. Once it is repaid by him, we are going to make another loan to support other people around the world. Thank you for your kind donation.  

Nurullojon's story

The name of this young man is Nurullojon. He is 27 years old, married and raises 2 small children. Nurullojon's wife is a student. He and his family live in the town of Khujand. 
Nurullojon is a very responsible man. He works tirelessly in order to provide for his family and children. For more than 6 years, he's been running a shop where he sells household goods. Currently, he needs to purchase a bulk of inventory for sale and he asks for your support. Nurullojon very much hopes you'll come forward to support him.

[Literacy] Making connections

In our literacy class, we talked about how to make strong connections while reading a story and how it helps us to understand the stroy better. We reviewed how to make text to self, text to text, and text to world connections.

[Literacy] Summary writing

In our literacy class, we've been working on summarizing a story. We used five main questions below to summarize the text. You can review below questions to help your child summarize a story that they are reading at home.

Summary for Narrative Text

Somebody Who is the main character? Wanted What does the character want to do? But What problem does the character have? So How does the character react? Then How is the problem solved?

Success Criteria

1. I have explained the main idea of the text (Main character, Problem of the story… Somebody, wanted, but, so, then)

2. I have explained the story in order

3. My summary is very concise

[Literacy] Reading Reponse

In literacy class, we've been learning about how to write a reading response.
We read a short story book, and we discussed what to include in our reading response journal.

Writing a Reading Response Journal

Learning Goal: We are learning to use the reading strategies to write about what we’re thinking
when we read in a reading response journal.

Success Criteria:

I know I am successful when I…

-Include "Dear Ms. Kwak"
-Include the date
-Write the title of the book I am reading in quotation marks or underlined, and the author of the book.
-Describe what my book is about (3-4 sentences)
-Describe the reading strategies that I am using
-Choose from: predicting, inferring, making connections, visualizing, asking questions, determining important ideas). (We learned how to make connections so far.) -Include proof from the text that shows how you used the strategy. (e.g., When I read the part about…
Or When I saw the picture of…")
-Explain your thinking.  (e.g., This strategy helped me understand that... because…)
-Include your thoughts or opinions about the book.

[Literacy] Read to Someone

In our literacy class...

Reading: We discussed how we could pick different books that are just right for us.






It is important to think about below questions while we are reading. It helps us to become a better reader.







We learned how to write a detailed sentence.

Flashlight Friday!

Every Friday, we have a FLASHLIGHT Friday reading time. We turn off the classroom lights and read quietly for 20 minutes. 😆