In reading we have been discussing the signpost Tough Questions. This occurs when a character asks themselves questions like, "why does this always happen to me? Why don't I belong? What is wrong with me?" These are questions that cannot be easily answered. When your child reads at home, remind them to be on the look out for a tough question in their books. They normally appear during the struggle or the problem in the book. When one is found, the reader should ask themselves "What does this question make me wonder about?"
Today, we received this email below from Mr. Henderson stating that the cafeteria was locked. Students were shocked with their mouths hanging open and their eyes wide. Where would they eat lunch? What would they eat? Could the cold lunchers have enough to share? Thankfully, this was a planned email that I had Mr. Henderson send to help us in our writing today, but I didn't let the kids know that until well into the lesson. Some were anxious. Some were excited. Many were problem solvers. I told the kids that this would make for a great realistic fiction story, so we first made a telling frame of all of our ideas. We thought of ways to solve the problem of being locked out. Then we all thought of a character and wrote down internal and external character traits for our character. We each chose what solution we were going to use in our story. Telling frames help us get all of our ideas down first, without worrying about sentences and sequence and punctuation. After students picked their solution and described their character, they were ready for a sequence frame to help get their story in the correct sequence and add details to their thoughts.
After watching a short video clip on birds in the winter and how they adapt to their surroundings, we crafted on our half day.
Skye is one positive super hero! She knows super heroes need to be safe, respectful, and responsible!
Students played a fun verb game with a partner. As their partner rolled the dice, in search of a six, the other person wrote as many verbs as they could think of, even changing the tense. As soon as a six was rolled, then they would switch places, both trying to get the most verbs written down.
Since we ended our character study, students took an assessment that was broken into two days. On the first day, students read a story called Keep the Lights Burning Abbie and had to identify three character traits of Abbie. They had to include 2 examples from the book of each trait. First, I showed them how to fill out their plan sheet using a book that we all read aloud. Students filled out their plan sheet after reading the book on their own. The next day, I modeled how to turn their plan sheet into 5 paragraphs- an introduction, a paragraph for each trait with examples, and a conclusion. Students were reminded to use transition words. Coming home will be the student's assessment with the rubric stapled to it. Please take a moment to look this over and let me know if you have any questions.
Lily did an amazing job at presenting her poster today. She is such a respectful, responsible, and safe hero. Thank you, Lily!
Isaac is definitely a super hero. He can always be spotted being safe, respectful, and responsible. Thanks, Isaac!
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