World's Fair is coming up! We are very excited as we bring our boards into school today! They are looking good. Don't forget that the World's Fair will be tomorrow evening in the gym at MSS. It will run from 6:00 to 7:00. All students are encouraged to be there if possible.
In reading today, we read aloud Something Upstairs and kept track of our metacognition with sticky notes. I will be looking at these thoughts to judge who needs help with which strategy. We will also be classifying the thoughts into different strategies after we make our way through centers next week. We watched an interview with Avi, the author that we've been studying over the past month. An interesting fact is that Avi has symptoms of dyslexia and he talked about that openly.
Students had writing time to work on finalizing their World's Fair Essays. Many of them have passed them into me already. It is important that I get a separate copy of the essay to grade for English. Students may also put a copy with their display board for the Fair.
In science, we watched a Genetics DVD and discussed it. Also, I introduced what they will be doing next week to finalize their portfolios.
Please remember to send in the permission slips for Step Up Day which is Friday! We will start our day at the High School. Please do NOT drop off your child at MSS on Friday. I will be there waiting for them! Let me know if you have any questions!
