Language Arts
In Language Arts this week, students continued in their Characters Across Series books. We also took our Reading MAP test. During Reader's Workshop we talked about the possessions a character has and how that points to their interests, values, expertise, social class and economic status. We also talked about how noticing HOW the character treats an object is just as important, especially if their relationship with an object changes...it points to a larger issue or theme within the text. We also talked about noticing how other characters treat one another in thoughts, actions, dialogue etc. This reveals strengths and flaws within each character and can also reveal social issues within a text.
If students are reading at an appropriate pace, they should have their first text read by the end of next week.
Social Studies
In Social Studies, students spent most of the week transitioning from the research process to the writing process. Students wrote a response to Ms. O. Potamia about her upcoming exhibit and taught her about a topic as well as answered one of our six essential questions. We talked about proper MLA format for a Works Cited and also updated our yearlong timeline in Tiki-Toki.
Next week we will launch our unit in Ancient Egypt!
Drama
This week students performed their two-minute pantomime for the whole class. The received feedback from their peers, myself and they evaluated themselves. They spent our half day creating an artist statement where they synthesized their learning about this unit.
Next week we will begin our puppetry unit!
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