The SAN Script – The week of April 25 – 29
Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk.
St. Anthony This Week
Monday, April 25
Fire Station Visit FDK
Paul away all day
Tuesday, April 26
In School PD Session Shannon and Teresa (morning only)
Pedestrian Safety Gr. 1 Bev Wilcox
Orkidstra Today
Wednesday, April 27
Stephanie and Denis at Connect 2016 (Marie and Kirsten in)
Waste-free Wednesday Today
Speech therapist-CCAC
Starr Gymnastics returns to St. Anthony!
Orkidstra Today – at Cambridge School
Thursday, April 28
Stephanie and Denis at Connect 2016 (Marie and Kirsten in)
Recycle Day at St. Anthony Catholic School- PLEASE recycle today – all material to be left inside near the parking lot door
Orkidstra Today
Friday, April 29
Stephanie and Denis at Connect 2016 (Marie and Kirsten in)
Theresa Patenaude, SLP, in PLC all day
PLC am class to visit Dalhousie Daycare for a reading session- 15 minutes
Papa Jack Popcorn
St. Anthony Superstars
CommonLit Online Resource for Fiction and Nonfiction Passages
Searching for fiction or nonfiction passages is a challenge when you’re looking for that just-right short text. CommonLit is a website full of leveled passages for students in fifth through twelfth grade. It organizes texts into collections to make it easy for teachers to find a passage to share with their students.
When you visit ComminLit’s website you’ll find different collections to explore. These collections are organized by themes including: Power & Greed, Prejudice & Discrimination, and Social Change & Revolution. After you decide on one of the twenty themes, users are presented with discussion questions related to the topic. For example, if you choose the theme Resilience the discussion questions are How does a person overcome adversity? and Why do people succeed? Once you’ve decided on a discussion question there are a handful of leveled articles to explore.
How can you use CommonLit’s fiction and nonfiction passages in the classroom?
- Make connections to chapter books or literature circle texts by choosing passages for students to read with the same theme. This could kick off a discussion in whole class or small group settings where students connect both passages to the theme.
- Use the discussion questions as writing prompts for literary essays. Students can use textual evidence from the passage to support their answer.
- Students who are preparing a speech or piece of persuasive writing can use these texts to develop arguments or supporting claims. Try having students work in partners for this type of task.
Finding high-quality short passages to bring back to your students is easier said than done. In addition to the resources mentioned above, each passage on CommonLit is accompanied with text-dependent questions and discussion prompts. It is Common Core aligned and includes the ability to view each passage as a PDF making it easy to view and annotate.
Visit CommonLit’s website to learn more!