12-14

Our unit with Social Studies has ended on Ancient Civilizations.  The kids made colorful brochures showcasing two of the characteristics of each civilization along with what they learned about them.  Also included is a map and timeline.

This week, we moved into biographies as we continue to read informational text.  Main idea, cause and effect, and close reading the text were all worked on.  To showcase our learning, the kids are working on digital biography projects that are due next week.  I made a template on Google Slides and then each kid has the task of making it their own.  Wow, are they amazing so far!  Ask your child to show it to you on Google Classroom.  

In writing, we are continuing to work on writing to a prompt.  Today, the kids had to write about how each biography person was successful, focusing in on traits and accomplishments.  Each child made a graphic organizer before writing.  Below is a list of the traits we came up with.  Tomorrow, we are going to color code our responses to help analyze what we need to revise.  

 

The Reading Counts program was not working for over a week, but has finally been fixed.   Each child's progress for Reading Counts this quarter will be reviewed with me tomorrow.  Reading Counts goals are due by 12/20.