Gracie's lollipop flowers!
To celebrate Valentine's Day, teachers and students participated in another round of the Cupid Shuffle! Click here to see a video of us on You Tube posted by Mrs. Merten! Jolie and Kristen say that of all the teachers', I "owned" that dance. High Praise indeed! Thanks ladies!
On Monday, Mr. Goguen came to our classroom to videotape us participating in Reader's Workshop. It was a lot of fun and Mrs. W says that we all did a fantastic job! We continued to read Snow Treasure, and were left with a cliffhanger on Friday. As a class, we have read 754 books so far this year. Mrs. W has started a Lightning Thief book club. There is an assignment for vacation. Mrs. W has said that it is o.k. to abandon this book if it is too hard, it is probably a someday book for many of us. Due to the fact that the movie version opens today, and there is so much excitement surrounding this book, she thought we could give it a try and see how it goes. Remember readers, sometimes the movie can be VERY different from the book. Everyone has to have a plan for how they are going to participate in this book club, whether a student reads it independently, listens to it on tape, partner reads with a parent, or is read to, the plan will determine whether or not a student will experience the maximum success with this book. We will be starting a unit of study on mythology when we return from vacation.
In writing, we all finished our helpful essays, and will start a new prompt when we return from vacation. We have also started to write Diamante poems. These poems are in the shape of a diamond and compare two opposite nouns.
There were many funny coincidences this week regarding our studies in Science and Social Studies. IN science, we talked about precipitation and make Geo-snowflakes. We will be writing haiku and free verse poems about them. This seems to coincide with our snow day! Also, we finished our tour of Washington D.C., and thought it humorous that the people living there have record breaking snowfall. The D.C. brochures look great and everyone should feel awesome about the effort that they have put into this project. I love when the stars and the curriculum align! Ah, education bliss!
Our Valentine's celebration was a lot of fun. Thanks for all of the wonderful cards and treats! We even got to celebrate Matt's birthday with cupcakes. Thanks Matt, and Happy Birthday!
MCAS reading practice will kick into high gear when we return from vacation, and believe it or not, we are going to have more visitors! Our reputation as an awesome class is spreading!
Have a wonderful and relaxing vacation!
Mrs. W
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