Short Week!

This week is a short one with Columbus Day and our Half Day today. Here is a look at what each grade level has been working on during the week:
Kindergarten: Continues to work with shapes and using pattern blocks to create different objects. They are continuing to identify triangles, squares and circles. They will be going on a shape hunt this week in the classroom and sharing with partners the objects that they find.

First Grade: We will be discussing their Zoo field trip! They will write in their journals about their favorite part of the zoo trip and then mix-pair-share with their peers to read and discuss their journal entries.

Second Grade: We continue to learn about the stages of the water cycle. Second graders will look at photographs and identify what stage of the water cycle is shown in the picture, supporting their answer. They will be journaling using the sentence frame "I think this stage is ____ because ____".

Third Grade: We are continuing to work on identifying synonyms and antonyms and describing examples of each. Students have been working on creating paper chains in partners, discussing synonyms and antonyms (Ex: "The synonym for big is large" "The antonym for cold is hot").

Fourth Grade: We have been discussing narrative elements such as setting, plot, and characters. On Tuesday, we identified these elements to create a story that we called "A day in ELL class" where we identified the characters being the students in the classroom, the setting as ELL class, and we shared our ideas for what happened during our time in ELL class (the plot).

Fifth Grade: I will be co-teaching Flex group time with Mrs. Bennick in her room and working with the students on elements of poetry such as onomatopoeia and hyperbole. Students will also be creating poems of their own and sharing them with their group.