Good Morning!
We are doing some great learning as we reach the end of the first marking period. The report cards go home on Friday, December 14.
In reading, we are reading nonfiction text, but students are reading fiction as well during readers’ workshop and at home. Students are learning strategies for nonfiction understanding that are similar to the signposts we studied for fictional text. Our first nonfiction signposts are Contrasts and Contradictions and Extreme Language. The students are engaged reading nonfiction texts in reading, science, and social studies.
Students celebrated their work for New England geography yesterday by sharing their essay with a group of students. They demonstrated both listening and speaking skills during their presentations. Students new research, which you can view using Google Classroom, will be drafted this week and next week. The writing that students do from research in social studies is also being used to address writing needs with Mrs. Rodbourn.
Yesterday, students also witnessed the landing of the InSight Mars lander. We all cheered as each step of the landing procedure demonstrated successful engineering. (photo of students watching during math flex time on my blog page)
As the InSight begins its mission to learn about the geology of Mars, students are researching the geology of landforms at U.S. National Parks. Groups are researching landform categories such as Karst Features, Extrusive Igneous Volcanic Features, and Aeolian Landforms. There is a lot of opportunity for students to read and practice learning expert topic-related vocabulary in context. Our research began at nps.gov, and students will now read articles that support the content of our Earth Changes unit.
Thanks for reading!
We are doing some great learning as we reach the end of the first marking period. The report cards go home on Friday, December 14.
In reading, we are reading nonfiction text, but students are reading fiction as well during readers’ workshop and at home. Students are learning strategies for nonfiction understanding that are similar to the signposts we studied for fictional text. Our first nonfiction signposts are Contrasts and Contradictions and Extreme Language. The students are engaged reading nonfiction texts in reading, science, and social studies.
Students celebrated their work for New England geography yesterday by sharing their essay with a group of students. They demonstrated both listening and speaking skills during their presentations. Students new research, which you can view using Google Classroom, will be drafted this week and next week. The writing that students do from research in social studies is also being used to address writing needs with Mrs. Rodbourn.
Yesterday, students also witnessed the landing of the InSight Mars lander. We all cheered as each step of the landing procedure demonstrated successful engineering. (photo of students watching during math flex time on my blog page)
As the InSight begins its mission to learn about the geology of Mars, students are researching the geology of landforms at U.S. National Parks. Groups are researching landform categories such as Karst Features, Extrusive Igneous Volcanic Features, and Aeolian Landforms. There is a lot of opportunity for students to read and practice learning expert topic-related vocabulary in context. Our research began at nps.gov, and students will now read articles that support the content of our Earth Changes unit.
Thanks for reading!