Just when I thought we'd finally had enough of winter and could settle into an actual 5 day routine at school, we got socked with more delays and cancellations this week. As usual, however, that didn't keep us from getting a lot accomplished in Room 29.
In language arts we continuing to discuss author's message and meaning in text. We read The Honest to Goodness Truth and compared and contrasted the author's message in that story to the message in The Empty Pot. Students also worked in their reading groups on persuasive passages and will begin to design posters promoting the messages from those stories. This ties in nicely with our previous studies of persuasive writing.
In addition, students discussed their favorite books and started to organize their thoughts and write rough drafts of a persuasive letter for March Madness. The aim of the letters is to convince classmates to vote for students' books during the month. Later, we will make posters advertising books to put on display.
In math we wrapped up Module 4 and will be taking the end of module assessment on Tuesday. Our next math unit is on fractions. Parents, please make sure to check out the Parent Survival Guide to Module 5 on Edline. This will help you understand the curriculum's approach to fractions on a number line (likely not the way you learned them)! We should begin this unit by mid-week.
We are looking forward to the Big Reveal on Monday where we find out what our One School, One Book selection is. Please make sure your child reads the designated chapters nightly so they can answer our daily trivia questions for the chance to win prizes!
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