On Friday, January 15th the children graduated from the DARE Program. Congratulations! We were proud of our DARE essay readers, Zachary Price and Alicia Prieto, as well as Lucas Fros for calling the 5B students to receive their diplomas.
Despite the short week, the children will be completing their vocabulary/spelling unit again this week. In addition to their nightly homework, you should be seeing your child studying all of the words (spelling and definition) nightly. This will prepare them for the 50-word test in a few weeks. While this can be challenging, it is a good way to prepare for the expectations of middle school.
In small group reading, we have been discussing our Ocean Book Club books and have also focused on reading persuasive letters and articles. This mirrors our writing unit. At this point, we have been dissecting articles to determine whether they meet the criteria for 5B persuasive writing.
Whales, whales, whales! Science has been exciting because the children love the whale unit; so many questions. Thankfully, I can answer most of the questions they ask, but we will need to be resourceful and use our Chrome books to address other questions. I love teaching about whales and the children LOVE learning about them. I am hoping to begin showing "Voyage of the Mimi" later this week. It has thirteen, 15-minute episodes chronically a whaling expedition to monitor whales. It is on the "older side" and it stars a young...very young...Ben Affleck. I wonder how many of you have also been exposed to this program?
On Friday, January 22nd, the school as a whole will be celebrating The Trumpet of the Swan with a "DARE TO BE DIFFERENT" Day! The fifth graders should wear a UNIQUE or MISS-MATCHED outfit. We will also be joining the school's "Dare to be Different" parade.
Don't forget, play rehearsal will be on Tuesday at the children's regular times.
Enjoy,
Lester B. and class
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