11/13/14

Students returned to Bud Not Buddy today. As we passed the halfway point of this novel, students continue to actively engage with the text. They are participating in lively discussions and are doing an excellent job of staying on top of important events with their three step journals. I look forward to reading responses to this week's kidblog prompt. Students need to focus in on the idea of suspense as it pertains to this novel.

Tomorrow, room 312 will have their unit 1 assessment. Since the start of school, grade 5 has been diligently working in math class. Over the course of the last two days, students have been presented with review work. I believe that all of my students are more than capable of achieving a strong grade on this assessment. Starting next week, grade 5 will be moving on to work with fractions.

I think it is also worth pointing out that students in my class are enjoying reading Wonder by R.J. Palacio. Recently, the class created portraits of what they believe the main character in this novel, August, looks like. They turned out very well.

Tomorrow, students will get back into narrative writing and we are also looking forward to meeting up with our friends in Ms. Dichter's class for book buddies.





Homework

Math - test on Friday, complete last page in math packet.

Reading - Finish reading chapter 11 in Bud Not Buddy. Must make at least two entries into three step journal

- blog post for Friday: How has the author of Bud Not Buddy built suspense to this point in the story? Use evidence from the text to support your writing (chapter 10 is a great example to use)


Trivia

Who was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?