Greetings from Room 10,
This week we found ourselves finalizing our government unit as well as our memoir unit. At the same time we began the respiratory unit in health and began to brainstorm ideas for our ABC book. The children are really excited about writing an ABC book, and they have found it to be a bit more challenging than they initially thought. I suspect they thought it would be an easy project, until I sprung the requirements on them. We are using Yankee Doodle America as our mentor text.
Now that we are through the first marking period, I plan to focus our reading instruction on small groups as opposed to whole-class instruction. The children have been "close reading" non-fiction articles including an article on the Electoral College, childhood obesity and sports figures as role models. Main idea has been the first skill we tackled. We will move onto inferring beginning next Monday. I love reading with the children in a small group setting.
Has your 5th grader told you about the holiday songs we have been singing? I have been accompanying Mrs. Platek for our yearly sing-a-long for the last 12 years, so my students get to practice with me before the big extravaganza on December 21st. It's a lot of fun, especially when they sing Felice Navidad!
Have a relaxing weekend! And for those families celebrating Hanukkah, I wish you much joy and happiness during this holiday season!
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