Language Arts
Unit 1 is culminating in a series of tasks. Students are responding in reading to questions related to the unit. Students are learning about point of view. As they read and listen to stories, students are enlightened as to the point of view of the narrator as well as the other characters. Students are also expected to express their point of view with regard to the stories they are reading. For instance, students listened to the story, My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother, and were able to write a journal entry from both Richie's and Treesha's point of view. Then students were asked to use their independent reading book to write a journal entry from the main character's perspective.
Students are also in the process of revising and editing their personal narratives. Students have written about the challenges of sleeping over someone's house for the first time or making the hockey team and realizing that it takes determination and practice to be successful. Stay tuned for student work in future blogs. Here is an example of the type of personal narrative students could write.
Once I was at Buhr Pool. All of my friends went to the deep end, and I hadn't passed the test. I was so lonely! Although everyone was in the deep end, Leon, a nice 9-year-old boy, came out to play with me. We had a very good time…until he suggested that I do the deep-end test! A short while later, the deep-end test bell rang. I felt like I should cry like a baby but, luckily, didn’t. I hurried down to the deep end and made it just in time! I was at the lap lane and actually jumped in! I swam-crawled about 20 feet no problem, but I got jittery so it got harder. I didn’t know if I would make it. But…I saw that I was halfway! My head was underwater, and bubbles were escaping from my mouth. The water sparkled down there, and I knew that I would make it! And, when I started treading water, it was as good as over! Later, in the deep end (yes, I did make it), I was jumping in the pool, getting an average of 8-out-of-10 marks, and I thought no deep-end tests could face me.
Mathematics
The class is currently in the midst of learning to subtract two and three digit numbers. Students have been practicing this concept through using a number line within the scope of story problems. Students are being encouraged to add up or count back on the number line.
Social Studies
Students currently are forming families in their groups and determining roles in their families as Wampanoag Native Americans. Once they have defined their roles as a child, parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle, then they will choose a Native American name. Upon completion of this task, students will read and research the role they would play in a Native American village. They will determine the types of jobs they would have and the way of living of these people. Once they have thoroughly researched this, they will write about a story about their role in the family as if they were that character.
"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body!"
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/10-benefits-reading-why-you-should-read-everyday.html
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