It's been a busy week with lots of special events and activities. Here's what happened at CE this week...
* We enjoyed Homecoming spirit days on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Thanks to all of those who participated! We are looking forward to the Homecoming parade this afternoon!
* On Wednesday, we had the pleasure of learning from author, Tyler Whiteside. Barnes and Noble sponsored him to come speak to our fourth and fifth grades. Be sure to ask you son or daughter about his visit.
* In language arts we took our assessment over Small Steps. Graded assessments came home with your child yesterday. We started a new autobiography by an author of their choice. We are analyzing how the author's life experiences impacted their writing.
* We continued several mini-lessons in writing on creating a dynamic narrative piece. We focused on emotions in our writing as well as turning points in our lives. Ask your child what emotion and event they wrote about this week.
* Our Native American collaboration projects are coming along nicely. They are working together so well to use their research knowledge to create teaching dioramas.
* The habit we focused on this week was Habit # 5 which is seek first to understand, then to be understood. We have been able to put this habit into action during social studies collaboration time.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, September 25, 2015
Monday, September 14, 2015
Take a Peek At Our Dynamic Week...
If you had been in the 4/5 challenge room this week here's what you have done:
* Reviewed our first three habits of happy kids and leaders! We discussed and shared ways we have been proactive, thought about the ending first and put first things first.
* We worked on our narrative writing skills with several mini writing pieces. Be sure to ask you son or daughter about a person that is important to them that they wrote about and a place that has significant meaning to them. In our journal writing we continued focusing on the different parts of speech while writing.
* We continued reading the autobiography Small Steps by Peg Kehret. This books has leant itself to many great discussions. They have worked on answering questions in complete paragraphs while providing textual evidence to support their answers.
* In social studies we divided into Native American tribes based on their interests. In groups, they researched using books and websites to gather information about their tribe and region. When they finished researching, their group started creating a very large diorama depicting the information they researched.
* Reviewed our first three habits of happy kids and leaders! We discussed and shared ways we have been proactive, thought about the ending first and put first things first.
* We worked on our narrative writing skills with several mini writing pieces. Be sure to ask you son or daughter about a person that is important to them that they wrote about and a place that has significant meaning to them. In our journal writing we continued focusing on the different parts of speech while writing.
* We continued reading the autobiography Small Steps by Peg Kehret. This books has leant itself to many great discussions. They have worked on answering questions in complete paragraphs while providing textual evidence to support their answers.
* In social studies we divided into Native American tribes based on their interests. In groups, they researched using books and websites to gather information about their tribe and region. When they finished researching, their group started creating a very large diorama depicting the information they researched.
Friday, September 4, 2015
Oh What A Spectacular Learning Week...
If you were in room 21 this week here's what you experienced...
* Learning about the 3rd habit of highly effective and happy kids! The third habit is Put First Things First. We watched a fun video clip about this as well as talked about times and places this could apply. Specifically, doing your homework when you get home and then going to play or participate in an activity.
* Book Club groups presented their culminating projects we started last week. Be sure to ask your son or daughter about their presentation.
* Our first novel of the year everyone read a different book by author Peg Kehret. This week our entire class started an autobiography by Peg Kehret. (This is a 4/5 district wide book being read) The book is entitled Small Steps and it is Peg Kehret's experience with Polio. We worked on close reading strategies and responding to discussion questions using textual evidence.
* We started a new unit in social studies. We went over non-fiction text features. We are learning about Native Americans and how our country first formed.
* As you may know, on Tuesday we enjoyed our first class reward! We are now working toward "Hepp Lunch". This means we get to enjoy lunch and cartoons in the classroom.
Enjoy the 3 day weekend!
* Learning about the 3rd habit of highly effective and happy kids! The third habit is Put First Things First. We watched a fun video clip about this as well as talked about times and places this could apply. Specifically, doing your homework when you get home and then going to play or participate in an activity.
* Book Club groups presented their culminating projects we started last week. Be sure to ask your son or daughter about their presentation.
* Our first novel of the year everyone read a different book by author Peg Kehret. This week our entire class started an autobiography by Peg Kehret. (This is a 4/5 district wide book being read) The book is entitled Small Steps and it is Peg Kehret's experience with Polio. We worked on close reading strategies and responding to discussion questions using textual evidence.
* We started a new unit in social studies. We went over non-fiction text features. We are learning about Native Americans and how our country first formed.
* As you may know, on Tuesday we enjoyed our first class reward! We are now working toward "Hepp Lunch". This means we get to enjoy lunch and cartoons in the classroom.
Enjoy the 3 day weekend!
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