...to gain perspective on the amazing growth and learning we have accomplished in just 3 months! I truly enjoyed parent-teacher conferences as was incredibly valuable to meet with everyone and have such great discussions and mini presentations by each of the students.
Themes of Greatness: Friendship, Hope, Home, Compassion and ArtThis week we concluded our exploration of character change, plot structure and theme with our read aloud, The One and Only Ivan with a brave, entirely student lead discussion. The class partook in a fish bowl discussion where half form an inner circle and discuss the book with guided questions while the other half quietly observe the process and take notes. Upon switching roles from the inner and outer circle and seeing two interestingly different, yet amazing paths the discussion went (frustrations and celebrations alike), the class commented on what went well, what was a challenge, and how it felt to be on either side of the "glass". | CharacterWorks Performance Friday!We have practiced all week and I am excited to see the fruition of their hard work celebrating Queen Anne Elementary's 5 Pillars through song, dance, and acting! It is set to begin at 2:15, most likely in the empty classroom on the second floor of the Tree House. Here is a list of costume suggestions for each character if the sheet never made it home: Storytellers: Plain white t-shirt and jeans Ants: All black Grasshopper: All green Crow: All black Lion: All brown, beige, or khaki Mouse: All black Hunter 1: Jeans and green/orange/khaki/brown shirt Hunter 2: Jeans and green/orange/khaki/brown shirt Old Farmer: Jeans and overalls/plaid Child 1: Jeans and solid colored shirt Child 2: Jeans and solid colored shirt Child 3: Jeans and solid colored shirt Narrator: Plain white t-shirt and jeans Aesop: Shorts and plain white t-shirt Wolf: All grey Writing Our OWN Math Story Problems!Who is Sally and why do I care how many apples she has?! Today in Math we took it upon ourselves to make our own multiplication story problems that were perhaps a little more original, silly, and overall fun to read and solve. They chose from one of the three categories: a comparison problem, an unknown-factor problem, or an array problem. I was impressed with the result! Tomorrow we vote on awarding the hardest, silliest, most original, and most creative story problems! |