Language Arts
We are quickly coming to the end of the reading portion of our first unit. Students should be completing their second series book by early next week. Last week we talked about theme and this week we talked about how to extend our thinking about theme to touch on other areas of our reading work. One idea was to take the theme and then as "What about" this theme. For example, if the theme is perseverance, what about perseverance is the author trying to say AND do we agree? Another thing we could do is make personal connections with the themes to our lives. How do we see the ideas of themes from our story alive here in Muscat in 2018. Lastly, we looked at comparing and contrasting themes to see if there are patterns the author was trying to make us aware of.
We also worked on writing our introductions and conclusions. We looked at starting globally at the beginning of our intro and then moving to our very specific claim. For our conclusion, we do the opposite. If students turned in their paragraphs on time, they should have a completed draft of an essay with feedback on EACH paragraph from me. We will revise and edit early next week and finish up after DO.
Social Studies
This week in Social Studies we looked at the economy of Ancient Egypt and how dependent they were on the Nile River for survival by doing a simulation. We also looked at the role that taxes paid on our ability to buy supplies from merchants and craftsman.
We also started to look specifically at four memorable pharaohs. Students chose one to read about and will create a trading card next class.
Drama
Students in the Drama class will be performing for KG on Monday of next week. We spent this week getting to know our scripts and practicing with our group. We were also introduced to vocal scoring as a way to add variety to the way we read our lines. We are excited to perform!
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