What a whirlwind it has been! Friday was Step Up Day at the middle high school. The comment I heard most when we got back was, "I feel so much better going up there now." We're so happy to ease some of the anxieties of this transition. Please let me know what else I can do to put your or your child's mind at ease. It is a big step, but one for which the majority of students are ready.
Today, I was out at Harold Martin in the morning and the middle high school in the afternoon. Students worked on a couple of fun activities in writing class. The first one was where they put a wordless picture book into the correct order. The book is called Zoom and students needed to use their inferring skills to complete the task. After this, they played Parts of Speech Bingo. We also completed our final CBM for the year.
In reading, students worked on metacognition stations. There was a station where they listened to a song and used their schema and prior knowledge to make connections. Next, the did some inferring with the text from a Chris VanAllsburg picture book, minus the pictures. Thirdly, they may have listened to a storyteller on tape and drew what they visualized. The next station was one where they read a non-fiction article from a magazine and determined what was important in it. Finally, the last station was one where they read from selected picture books and recorded the questions that arose in their heads as they read. We will work more on these stations this week for those who need the time. Tomorrow we will be reading in class so students should come prepared with a book.
We worked on our portfolios as well this morning. Students are finalizing them all this week. I am holding a portfolio share on June 16 in the morning for parents. There will be more on this in the near future.
In spelling, we worked on a suffix activity.
Despite there only being about 2 weeks left, we are still very busy!
