Thursday, January 28, 2016
Monday, January 25, 2016
We Have Reached 100 Pennies!
The students reached their goal of 100 pennies! For marble day we began with a task called "Save Sam" where Sam (the gummy worm) seems to have misplaced his life vest (the gummy life saver) under the boat (the cup). It was the students job to get the life vest back on to Sam without stabbing him or touching him with their hands. They were given two paper clips and had to find strategies to safely put the vest on him! Some students used the paper clips as hooks while others used them as tweezers. Most of the students found it was easiest to stretch the life vest to get it around Sam. Everyone worked with their shoulder partners to successfully save Sammy!
The second activity was helping Harry find a spot to "hang" so he can watch over students to make sure they are doing their work! Each group was given a fuzzy ball with eyes (Harry) a muffin liner (his chair) tape, notecards, and pipe cleaners. The students had to build a place for Harry using the materials provided. They were timed, and by the end of this time they had to create a stable perch for Harry to sit on. They were given five minutes to plan and ten minutes to build. At the end we looked at the different creations to see different strategies and ideas that were used! So much creativity in the classroom today!!
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Thursday, January 21, 2016
"What is the heart of your story?"
This afternoon Libby lead our writers workshop lesson! Our personal narrative unit is almost 1/2 way done! Today we worked together to discuss mentor texts and how they measured up against our Narrative checklist! We are focused on strengthening our narratives by adding figurative language and details, building our characters and writing so their personality shines through and we striving to use dialogue and inner dialogue to show the emotions our characters are feeling! We are redraftining, revising and editing so that our stories have "heart"! We want our readers to know the morals and lessons we have learned from our experiences. Our writing is in ourGoigle Drive, so ask your child to share it with you! Libby also began her version of Thumbs Ups, ask your child about Libby Love Notes!
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