February 11-14, 2013

This week our 4th graders are beginning to record their group poetry performances. Each group has chosen a poem by Shel Silverstein or Jack Prelutsky and working together has created an awesome performance! Students recorded themselves using Photobooth. Three videos are up on my video link.

This week in...

Our kindergartners are having fun with rhymes. Our book share this week was Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson. A popular series with all ages, Bear really connects with kids.

1st grade has been comparing and contrasting fiction and factual books. We compared Pierre the Penguin and Tacky. It was fun coming up with lists comparing what makes one book fiction an another factual. Finding that both Pierre and Tacky wore clothing made for interesting conversation! We closed the class by watching the live cam of Pierre and his friends at the California Academy of Sciences.

2nd graders are finishing up their mission with Jack and Annie in The Magic Treehouse: Carnival at Candlelight. Students created posters of carnival imagery and events to help them experience Jack and Annie's adventure! The Magic Treehouse series is a perfect gateway into teaching research.

3rd graders performed Click Clack Moo by Doreen Cronin in Readers Theater. This is a fun group, and they loved performing.

4th grade is performing poetry as seen above.

5th grade does not meet this week....and 6th grade Research Tech is beginning to put together their Infographics. See the Research Tech tab on my webpage for more information and a link to my livebinder on Infographics!