We kicked off this mode of writing with a fun song to help us remember what each letter in 'O.R.E.O.' stands for, and what the word opinion really means! We can't wait to work on more fun projects with this style of writing!
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Writer's Workshop: O.R.E.O. Opinion Writing
In Writer’s Workshop we started writing opinion pieces. Over the past few weeks, our students have been busy at work writing about the strong opinions they have about something they want. We have read many engaging mentor texts including I Wanna New Room and Earrings!. We started using an 'O.R.E.O.' graphic organizer to help us keep our writing organized and include reasons and examples to support our opinion.
We kicked off this mode of writing with a fun song to help us remember what each letter in 'O.R.E.O.' stands for, and what the word opinion really means! We can't wait to work on more fun projects with this style of writing!
We kicked off this mode of writing with a fun song to help us remember what each letter in 'O.R.E.O.' stands for, and what the word opinion really means! We can't wait to work on more fun projects with this style of writing!
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Happy Holidays!
Thank you all for such a great turnout at our holiday party! Have a wonderful vacation with your families!
Check out our classroom holiday card and more pictures from our holiday party below:
PBL: Earth's Surfaces and Holidays
Over the past two weeks students have been immersed in a project-based learning unit in our classroom. Throughout our science, reading, and writing blocks we have been studying Earth's surfaces and the people who live there. Our guiding question was: How can we learn about our Earth and different cultures?
Students worked in small cooperative groups to become an expert on a chosen continent. They used clay to build a model of their continent, adding landforms, as well as labeling salt and fresh bodies of water.
We started learning more about the culture of our continent in Reader's Workshop by researching an important winter holiday celebrated there. Each group used a book created by Ms. Durgy and I to help them with their research. Students used what they learned to create a brochure to teach others about their holiday. Reading other brochures helped us see all the different cultures and traditions celebrated around the world. We were fortunate to have parent volunteers in to help with the research portion of this project!
Earlier this week built a world map using our continent models. The students enjoyed seeing their work come together as one final product!
We celebrated our learning with an exhibition for our parents at our holiday party on Thursday afternoon! Thank you to all parents who came and shared in the celebration of our learning!
Students worked in small cooperative groups to become an expert on a chosen continent. They used clay to build a model of their continent, adding landforms, as well as labeling salt and fresh bodies of water.
Each team worked together to research their continent and learn more about Earth's surfaces!
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| Team South America |
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| Team Africa |
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| Team Asia |
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| Team Australia |
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| Team Europe |
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| Team North America |
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| Team Antarctica |
Earlier this week built a world map using our continent models. The students enjoyed seeing their work come together as one final product!
We celebrated our learning with an exhibition for our parents at our holiday party on Thursday afternoon! Thank you to all parents who came and shared in the celebration of our learning!
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Flipgrid: Holiday Traditions
We are having fun learning about holiday traditions around the world! We've created a classroom book about what traditions are special to our family and made a matching video to share on Flipgrid. Check our your child's video below!
Friday, November 30, 2018
Elf Store Visit
We had a great time on Thursday visiting the Grade Two Elf Holiday Store to decorate our elves. Thank you to our 10 fantastic volunteers! Now, we will use this character to help formulate a creative writing story in Writer's Workshop.
Monday in Writer's Workshop, we will brainstorm ideas for our setting, characters, magic power, problem and solution. More updates coming soon as we craft some creative stories!
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Happy Thanksgiving!
Last week students celebrated an early Thanksgiving! We made 'thankful' pumpkin centerpieces, used Google Classroom to read many animal fantasy Thanksgiving stories, and disguised our own turkey on Google Slides!
Check out our turkey stories below:
Check out our turkey stories below:
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Mindfulness in November
We celebrated a big day today! Students worked hard to show mindfulness through the month of November earning feathers for teamwork, creativity, self control, determination and respect. Today, every student was excited to showcase their full headdress, each earning all five feathers!
Over the past two months, students worked through the writing process: brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing, and today-PUBLISHING their own personal narrative stories. I am thankful that I have a group of such hardworking students that come into the classroom ready to learn and be their best selves each day. Have a fun Thanksgiving celebration with your families!
Over the past two months, students worked through the writing process: brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing, and today-PUBLISHING their own personal narrative stories. I am thankful that I have a group of such hardworking students that come into the classroom ready to learn and be their best selves each day. Have a fun Thanksgiving celebration with your families!
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