Happy Valentine's Day to everyone for yesterday! Each class decided to give back and make cards and placemats that will be delivered to some nursing homes to brighten their days! The kids did a fabulous job yesterday making these. They also passed out Valentines and enjoyed opening them. The boxes that were made in Dr. Stoyle's math class were amazing!!!*Check out our new bulletin board that we made to show the latest book we loved!
In reading and writing, we have been working on looking for reasons and evidence. We also have been doing our argument writing where we choose a topic and have to defend it, convincing someone to believe us. The difference between opinion writing and argument writing is that for arguments, research is needed to support your ideas. This week, some kids wrote about whether homework is worthwhile, if kids should be watching television, if toys and games should be brought to school, or the importance of exercise. We learned how to write citations- stating the articles name and writing a specific quote or statistic from the article to support our thinking.
To open our unit, we had our first writing battle! The writing battle was about what kids thought was the best invention. They had defend it and go against others in the classroom. Next writing battle is Tuesday over something they feel is the best. It should be pretty fun! See below the winners from the first battle.
This week, we also read about space as we reviewed our nonfiction reading skills focusing on main idea, details, and vocabulary. The kids put together slide shows showcasing what they learned. They can be viewed using this link. Some groups are finished while others are still working on them.All About Space
To review fiction, we practiced using an index card to create a quick story map. The kids reported back that this strategy was successful in helping them understand the story!
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