We are loving this week! As of Monday, each book club finished their books and we took some time to come up with a clever way to share a literary element from the book. This was a student choice in-class project, with a few guidelines. The students had to choose a project that reflects their strengths in learning styles. We’ve had skits, a rap, an outdoor game, maps made from descriptions in the book, and a tool invented that would have helped the character. Very exciting to see the students taking so much ownership in their learning and sharing their excitement about their book. We are presenting in class this week and will take an assessment on our books also this week.
In writing, we finished the state writing test. It is a timed opinion prompt, with text to read and then write your opinion. Everyone worked hard and I was glad to see each student taking the allowed time to do his or her best work. We are looking forward to having the students share more of their work from our Work on Writing time during our literacy blocks.
The big thing this week is painting the playground. Thursday is our day and it looks like a good weather day. We have parent volunteers and we have our plans ready. We will start on Thursday after lunch and hopefully be done by 3:00. Be sure to send your kids in their worst uniforms in case they get paint on them, or send them with a paint shirt to cover their clothes. We also talked about shoes, maybe an old pair or they can change into flip flops for painting. Just in case there are any paint drips.
Have a great week.
