The Book Clubs have been a huge success in the classroom so far! Students are reading, talking, and tracking their thinking about books. They are growing new ideas and thinking more deeply about characters and theme. They are discussing issues that matter to them. This could not have been as successful if it hadn't been for your support. Thank you so much to all of the families who have reminded, read with, or discussed the books your children are reading. We will continue the book clubs until the end of the school year.
In the classroom we have been using a sentence starter resource to help guide our discussions. We have also learned that the same sentence starters can be used when we are reading to help us guide the notes we take in our reader's notebook and the thoughts we are having. I told our class that I would include a picture of the resource on here in case any of them wanted to refer to it while they are working from home.
Non-Fiction Research & Writing
Students have been researching their chosen region and have been learning a lot about how to take notes, research their questions, and organize their thinking. Next week we will begin drafting our non-fiction books. To do this we will use Google Docs. There may be times when students will be asked to work on this at home as well. If you are unable to access Google Docs from home for whatever reason, please feel free to have students email their work to me and we can add it to our documents here at school the next day.
Hand Sanitizer!!!
We are on our last drops of hand sanitizer! If anyone has any bottles that they are willing to donate, it would be much appreciated!
MCAS
We have our math MCAS testing next week on Tuesday and Thursday. Please make sure that your child comes to school on time. A good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast always makes a difference as well!
