Language unit

In language, the students are learning how to write a retell of a story or an event. As such, we have discussed how each retell must have a beginning, a middle, and an end. In addition, each retell answers the following questions: Who, Where, When, and Why?

I am using fairy tales as well as factual retells (what we did over the weekend etc.) to support this learning. 

Today we embarked on a mighty list of adjectives which the students will begin to use tomorrow to infuse excitement and interest in their retells.

You can support your (wonderful) child's learning at home by encouraging him/her to recount what happened at his/her (big, purple panther) school, or what (marvellous) story was read, or what (exciting) show s/he watched... while helping him/her to remember to frame the beginning, middle, and end of the (superb) story. Also, encourage your (delightful) child's use of (spine-tingling) adjectives in everyday speech - talking is substantially more colourful with them than without!!  :D