December
5, 2014
Dear Families,
Welcome back after our Thanksgiving Break. It sure was nice to see the kids again
after our long break. And we have had a great week together… busy doing a
variety of different things… persuading, non –fiction reading, multiplication ,,
division and door decorating J
Our persuasive writing
has taken on a new a twist.
Writers are “rolling up their sleeves” with an opinion of theirs that they feel strongly about (maybe even passionate about!) and developing it using solid reasoning
and life examples. Students are
being asked to elaborate and write long and hard. We will continue with writing and drafting next week.
Our character unit study in reading is complete
and now we move into a non-fiction
genre study.
In addition to picking great informative books on a variety of topics
(animals, space, Titanic, Roman Life…!) we are also having conversation about text features typically
found in non-fiction books. With
this in mind I would like to do an in -class “reading project” designing a cereal box (or similar sized
box) with interesting facts and
graphics. If you could save
an empty box (or two) and have your kiddo bring it in that would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance for
the help.
We continue with our weather study and this week
we tackled the difficult concepts of evaporation and
condensation… or liquid water changing to water vapor… and water
vapor changing back to liquid. We
got to do some interesting investigations with these phase changes. . Get the scoop from your kiddo.
Our classroom door, along with many doors here at
Mitchell, is being decked out in
winter creativity as part of a Mitchell School fun spirit activity. When you are in the building come by
and check out the work in progress. And lastly the Report
Card and portolio finally go home next Friday.