So happy to see all of my little charges back in school and ready to learn! We were very busy this week wrapping things up and tying bows on projects and units we worked on prior to the break. The end of the second quarter is January 18th, so I will be getting final grades and assessments into order for report cards over the next week. Report cards will be sent home in backpacks on January 25th. Below is a recap of our week! ![]() MATH: We used the first two days back for review of skills. Wednesday we began Unit 6 in our Everyday Math books. This unit will cover strategies for division, rotations, angles, and coordinate grid systems. Family Letters for this unit were sent home in backpacks this week, but if it didn't make it home, please check here: MATH! A Mid-Year Assessment was given to students in my math class this week as well. After looking these assessments over, I will be sending home extra practice with your child should I think some extra repetition would be of help. ![]() Students completed their final blog post for the second quarter this week! Students have been working from a Blog Choice Board. A variety of topics and writing forms were available from which to choose and write. Next week, students will decide which piece from this quarter will be taken through a final revision and turned in for a grade. ![]() We began our Economics Unit this week and are exploring the factors of production. Students will be participating in a variety of fun group activities for this unit and are looking forward to our upcoming trip to Cassano's Pizza. Ask your child about the following terms: scarcity, labor, entrepreneurship ![]() We brought our reading of Wonder to an end this week! We finished up with some final writing about the book's themes, how August's character changes throughout the story, about how this book affected us each personally. Students did a wonderful job supporting their thoughts and opinions with evidence from the text. Additionally, each student chose a precept and created a poster for hanging on their personal bulletin board. I loved reading these and the students enjoyed sharing them with their classmates. On Friday, we broke out into small groups and used our knowledge of theme to create book trailers for Wonder using iMovie on the iPads. We will finish these projects up at the beginning of next week. Enjoy the excerpts from 4W writing below... Some final thoughts from learners in 4W after reading Wonder:This book inspired me to be the best friend I can be.
I learned that whenever I have a bad day, I have hope in the next one. This book inspired me to go out into the world and make some new and fun and exciting friends! It made me so frustrated to see all those kids being so mean to Auggie. I think they should make this a movie! This book inspired me to make a club for fundraising for the Ronald McDonald House and giving the money to people who need surgeries that cannot afford it. It made me think to stand up more and be myself. This book inspired me to be a little nicer to everyone. I like how they made a song for each person. It gave me an inference about what the story was going to be about. I really enjoyed this book because at the beginning, Auggie thought nobody would like him. At the end, everybody was his friend. I liked the message. You should just be yourself, no matter what your appearance is. I really liked this book because it taught me a very important lesson to not judge a person by how they look or how their hair is. You should like them on how big their heart is. It taught me a lot about treating others the way I want to be treated. I love this book because it is about a boy that is different. I feel for him. I love this book because it gets you frustrated and messes with your emotions. I definitely learned something from reading this book. I think it was very good at saying, “It’s not about the outside, it’s about the inside.” It was really funny, exciting, and a little bit sad. You can get a lot out of this book. I learned that everyone is different in a special way. I learned that you should be friends with anyone no matter what they look like. I learned that you should not be afraid to try something new.
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Krista Caley
1/11/2013 02:53:40 am
Love the kids' thoughts from Wonder. I have to read this book! :)
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Kimberly Walther
1/11/2013 08:54:08 pm
Yes! Add it to your must read list!
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Maria Reymann
1/11/2013 02:59:54 am
Love the comments from the kids. Warms my heart! Thanks for taking the time to include such a powerful book in the day. It will be something they won't forget....
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Kimberly Walther
1/11/2013 09:03:12 pm
I'm so glad the kids loved this book like I do. We had some excellent class discussions. This group is very insightful and big hearted!
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Sharon Talarczyk
1/13/2013 07:07:28 am
Mason loved this book and put it on his favorite list. He insists I read it!
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Kimberly Walther
1/13/2013 09:08:21 am
It's definitely a great read... And a quick one too. Enjoy!
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