Highlights:
-Our very first writing unit is on personal narratives. Students are working on building their stamina in writing and learning how Writers Workshop works in Room 307. Students have been asked to write daily entries for homework and continuing those pieces in class. It would be helpful for students if family members check in with the writing entries and ask what we have been working on in class.
-Math groups started this week and students are in differentiated groups to learn exactly what they need. Groups are named after some of the top universities in our nation: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Stanford! Math homework will be a daily sheet or two. It is collected every day and the work directly corresponds with what we are working on in class.
-Readers Workshop launched this past week as well with lots of reading stamina-building, routines, and a read aloud titled Something to Hold by Katherine Schlick Noe (who was my professor in grad school). We have asked her to come visit so that the stories from her life that are told in her novel can become more of a reality to students.
-Our first science unit is Models & Designs. I'm so excited about this unit because it is so hands-on and is all about building, creating, and testing their models. We started with black boxes and making conceptual models of what we thought the maze in the boxes looked like. Students were engaged in groups and were asked to come up with a consensus on their ideas.
-We also got our Donors Choose project funded! We will have two new Chromebooks added to our classroom to use - thank you to those who donated!
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