Students will continue working with their reading group to establish the different types of author's purpose and how to identify them. Students will continue conferencing and meeting with me to strengthen any independent weakness that need support. We will  begin our exploration of fiction text. Students will be focusing on all of the author's purpose CTACH's this month and part of next month. 

Students will begin and complete their first opinion writing pieces this month as they explore themselves as writers. They will be working on voice and audience writing. We will continue focusing on the organization and conventions of our writing pieces.