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| (Click the picture to view it larger) 5 Regions of WA. Ask your student to tell you some differences between them. Why do those differences exist? |
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| Students are well in to the realm of writing personal narrative stories. Many have chosen a favorite entry and developed it as a seed story, and they now are starting in on writing a second seed story. Each bullet point on this chart represents a different focus lesson we did--usually on different days. Ask your student to tell all the true, exact details of their seed story to you. Also ask them to explain this chart. |
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| Our Principal, Mrs. Otley read Amelia Bedelia. Ask your student to explain what an idiom is. What are some examples of idioms that Amelia interprets incorrectly? |
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| Read to Someone. We partner read some more about Regions of Washington and specifically about the rain shadow effect and climate. |
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| We waded in to Mountain Language by working together with a partner. Soon this will be a weekly routine that students will complete individually. |
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| Our Mountain Language board. Ask your student to explain some of the |
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| Rain Shadow Effect Pictorial. Ask your student to explain how the rain shadow effect works. How does this effect influence the climate of the Coastal, Western Lowlands, and Columbia Plateau regions? |
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| We learned some important information about the Western Lowlands (our region) that sets it apart from other regions. |
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| Just Right books. Ask your student to explain this concept to you. What happens when we only read easy or hard books? What happens when we read just right books? |
