12-04-09

In Language Arts last week, we read mysteries and science fiction in our Guided Reading groups. Students were able to recognize the author’s craft, or purpose for writing.  Our read alouds for the week were poems.  We learned about alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, and understatement & exaggeration.  During writing time, we revised and edited our short stories focusing on adding dialogue and powerful verbs.  Most students finished writing their final draft.

In Math, we had a division test.  The grades were very good.  We are now working on geometry with a focus on angles, polygons, triangles, and circles.  This is a short unit that I expect to finish by Tuesday.  We will review on Wednesday and have a test on Thursday.

In Social Studies, we are working on in-class projects of either Susan B. Anthony or Paul Revere.  Students were given a choice of 9 different project types including technology (power point, Comic Life, etc), writing a letter or newspaper article, creating a map, dressing up and acting as the character, and more.  We will complete the projects on Monday and then present them on Tuesday.  The students who are dressing up should bring their simple props on Tuesday.  Here are a couple of ideas:  hair in a bun & ugly dress for Susan and shirt & tie with possibly a triangle shaped paper hat for Paul.

Mrs. Jones is teaching the class all about habitats in Science.  We also had a fun High Touch High Tech in house Science field trip on Thursday.  I was so impressed with how much everyone knew when the scientist asked questions about regions, soil, and habitats.  The shark’s tooth souvenirs were a big hit too.

Congratulations to Alice for being our Student of the Month.

Well, I hope to see many of you at the Jingle Jog.  Hopefully, the weather will not be bad.