On Tuesday, we tackled a tougher text titled A Song for Cambodia by Michelle Lord. This story takes us on a treacherous journey with Arn, a boy from a village in northern Cambodia. With well-chosen words, the author allows us to step into Arn’s shoes (an idiomatic phrase meaning to see life from someone else’s perspective). This story prompted a number of important inquiry questions related to survival and struggle and Cambodia’s history, which we will investigate further in the days ahead.
(Note: I am working on recording a read aloud of this text, which will be posted in your Google Classroom (Stay tuned)).
After French, we continued our work with multiplication extending our extended fact exploration. We also reasoned through the reason for reasonable estimates… an important process for our everyday lives. Students spent significant time working in their Everyday Math workbooks.
After art, we revisited our inquiry topic of survival and struggle by writing about one time we struggled. For some… thinking of or narrowing down a topic was a struggle. A similar assignment is posted in your Google Classroom with the Compass Points: Struggle to Survive activity. There is a description of the task and space to write on the second page of the document.
We ended our day with our first birthday celebration of the new year. Mohammad’s mom brought in a beautifully decorated cake to help us celebrated her son. Special!! Happy Birthday, Mohammad!
