Strong leads, communication, and HAUNTED HOUSE FUN!

Come one, come all! We'll be transforming our classroom into a creepy/hilarious haunted house! 

Come by the room before the parade for a terrifying tour! 

2:00 Haunted House Tours in Room 7 1/2 

2:45 Parade at the Theater in the Woods

3:00 Dismissal

Working in small groups to find the main idea of the article. 

What is it mostly about? What is it really trying to show?

Working with those tricksters- then and than.

Friends all around

Here we're getting feedback different strong leads that we've written for our personal narratives. To hook our readers, we've tried starting with action, describing the setting, using important and engaging dialogue, or a combination which creates a mood. 

Boogying down to the Dance Move of the Day!

Japanese soroban math skills: a great place-value reinforcement and interesting problem-solving challenge. Skilled abacus users know a series of formulas for borrowing and carrying. My class has been developing their own strategies. 

We invited Peggy's class to make Sorobans with us.

Cooper, Max, and Lily were all clear and encouraging Class Meeting facilitators. They led discussions ranging from haunted house planning to what it looks like to wait respectfully in line. 

 

Earthquake preparedness with Donna!

Max and Ezra are sharing their weekly Response to Reading assignment. I believe that in this one, they compared and contrasted the character traits they saw in Matilda's Miss Honey and Miss Trunchboll and between two characters form their independent reading book. 

To gain new strategies for communication and conflict mediation, we have been discussing how we all share the same, basic human needs, and that each of our actions are a strategy to meet one or more of these needs. We've also been writing about and role-playing common, challenging social scenarios, and developing a language around expressing our needs that is easy to hear. It is always an honor to support the students as they learn to communicate, advocate for themselves, and share space with one another more gracefully. 

Wednesday Poetry Club has been filled with figurative language. We read and listen to the work of important mentor poets and carry that inspiration into our own work. Here students are writing similes about some of the characters in our read-aloud text. 

Happy birthday Isabella!