Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Final Drafts and Math Night

Today students finished their final draft of their persuasive essay which was probably the best piece of writing I've seen from the class overall.  WOW!  Apparently we have no lack of opinions in the classroom and know how to give pretty decent arguments!  Ask your student what they wrote about!  Tomorrow we will be moving on to our new unit which will have a nonfiction flair again.  Any guesses what it is?

Yesterday we had a blast at Garfield HS for the Treasure Island play, even though through some bus hiccups we were about 10 minutes late.  The "cheese" scene was the highlight of the play.  Ask your student what I mean by that and I'm sure they will have PLENTY to say!  :)

Tonight is math night, as a reminder.  It starts at 6:30 and we hope to see everyone's smiling faces there for a fun filled night of math!  I know it's my favorite subject!

Today we also started our newest nonfiction book clubs!  Students are placed in groups of three to five students who are all reading the same book.  They have time in class to read and answer some questions about the book and then every third day we have book club discussions to go deeper in the meaning of the books.  So far I've been super impressed about how well students have been doing at discussing the books and I've seen their level of engagement in nonfiction reading really skyrocket!  Nonfiction has a way of doing that to us all.  Ask your student about their book club book.  If they can tell you what book they are reading AND at least 3 details then write BC on their planner for bonus points.

Speaking of nonfiction book clubs... we have a great nonfiction book club DonorsChoose project open right now that is looking for some more funding.  If you or your family is willing to donate to our classroom we would greatly appreciate it and it will go toward providing a HUGE number of books for P4!  Give big or small, every bit counts! :)  Click HERE to take a peek at this great project.

Yesterday book orders also came home WITH a free book coupon attached so take advantage of that this month!  Book orders are due online or in paper form by next Wednesday.  As an added bonus, if you order online with your free book coupon you can get ANOTHER book free for ordering online!  If you're interested in donating a nonfiction book or book set of five books to our classroom from the book order, we would also greatly appreciate that.  Choose a title that your students is REALLY excited about and donate in your child's name!  :)

Have a great evening and see you at Math night!

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