Phew! Mondays are so busy! We began our morning in 6F working on those persuasive essays. Mrs. Alibrandi, our librarian, found a great site that builds a thesis for the essays. Students toyed around with that and hammered out a good thesis statement to build their essays around. This is definitely a work in progress.
In reading, we started stations around reading fluency. Students either worked with me on fluency lessons, listened to a book on tape with an activity, worked with Mrs. Bewersdorf doing a Reader's Theater activity, or worked with a parent volunteer (thank you!) on updating their portfolios. These stations will take place all week long. I will have some time when we get back from the break to work to finish up, if needed.
In science, 6F picked their elements and began their research. They will be making cubes for their elements and we will make our own version of the Periodic Table with the other pod.
Don't forget that tonight you are invited to come discuss the book Please Stop Laughing at Me in the Maple Street Library from 6 to 7PM. I can't wait!
