Month: October 2018

Homework for October 8-12 (Week 9)

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  1. Read for at least 30 minutes each night. Complete the online reading log OR one on paper. (Copies are available in class).
  2. Explore some lessons on IXL.com and / or Khan Academy in the following areas:
    • *Number Sense*
    • *Addition & Subtraction*
    • *Units of Measurement*
    • Logical Reasoning
    • **A Scholar has a goal: This past week, we answered 2,888 questions and spent almost 22 hours on IXL.**
  3. Option: Research your selected Chinese plant, animal, and/or landform in preparation for writing pourquoi tales.
    • Log on to your Google Classroom for additional links and note-taking resources.
  4. Reflect back on Week 8, and complete the “Reflection: Learning Habits” form.

Note: Homework is due on Fridays.

**Check back later in the week for additional homework related to in-class discussions and activities.

Announcements

  1. Library is scheduled weekly on Mondays from 9:30 – 10:10 a.m.
    • Bring your book bag and books.
  2. P.E. is scheduled weekly on Mondays and Fridays.
    • Come dressed to exercise – sneakers, hat, sunscreen.
  3. Congo Week – October 8-12
    • This week, along with our preschool buddies, we will participate in a variety of activities that will help us celebrate and appreciate the country we currently call home – The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
      • Monday – Traditional African Dance
      • Tuesday – Puppeteer
      • Wednesday – Jewelry Making
      • Thursday – Congolese Food
      • Friday – Whole-school assembly

Making Senses IN Our Writing

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As readers, we rely on writers’ words to paint vivid pictures in our minds. Revered writers tap into the five senses to transfer images from their imaginations to those of their readers. As writers, it is our responsibility to use sensory details to make the invisible VISIBLE, to allow silent pages to SOUND, to enable fingers to FEEL something other than flat pages, to cause our TASTEbuds to tingle, and to stimulate the sense of SCENT.

As writers, we are working to craft a movie-making-in-the-mind-type mystery, and attention to detail is key. Whether it the setting or the suspect, the detective or the dilemma, it is our responsibility write in a way that readers relish each word.

This week, during our Wonder-filled Words groups, we took time to examine excerpts from mentor texts, looking for sensory words and phrases. Subsequently, we will seek to examine our own work, identify descriptions that could be revised, and transform the plain into the picturesque.

Linked here is a copy of the multiple sources we will use to reflect and refine.

Using Sensory Details to Paint Pictures with Words

Perfectly Paired

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This year, we have the joy of being big buddies to the Preschool 1 and 2 classes.

We think we are perfectly paired for a number of reasons, including… our numbers:

Preschool 1 (10 students) + Preschool 2 (19 students) = Grade 4 (29 students)

Today, we got to meet and spend time with our buddies in the preschool classrooms. Mr. Matthew and Mrs. van der Merwe had planned some wonderful exploration and community building activities that allowed us to get to know our buddies and support them in learning. Clay, blocks, puzzles, chalk, books…. and more were made available for our first meeting. Self-control and selflessness were a key qualities we tried to model during our time together. Needless to say, smiles were abundant.

We are especially excited about this coming week because we are scheduled to see our buddies at least 2 (maybe three) times during Congo Week. How wonderful to be able to bond over the beauty and bounty and beats of the Congo. We are looking forward to acquiring more KNOWLEDGE about the dance, stories, art, and food of this incredible country… TOGETHER.

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting a Feel for… Fifth Grade

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Today, we had the opportunity to truly experience what it means to be a fifth grade thinker.

Mr. Fitz and his fifth grade scholars welcomed us warmly and invited us to become more KNOWLEDGEABLE (our profile trait of the month) about a number of things including the learner profile, synonyms, critical thinking, mathematical problem solving, and… juggling.

We even had a homework assignment related to the habit of applying past KNOWLEDGE to new situations.

We are grateful to Mr. Fitz and to our fifth grade friends for sharing their time, their learning space, and their KNOWLEDGE so generously.

         

 

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