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We have carved a pumpkin and placed it in an enclosed glass case with soil. Using our Pumpkin Journals, we are following the scientific method to test what will happen. The culminating event will be a visit from the author of the story later this school year!
Data... it has many shapes and we represent it in so many different ways. This and next week we will continue to represent data using line plots, frequency tables, bar graphs, line graphs, and any other way students create. With this data, we will look for different patterns and averages, like the mean, median, mode, and range.
We just keep moving... as we study different map and geography skills that show the migrations of people we're reading about in UOI. This week we discussed needs and wants and how they can be different due to a situation a person may be in, like war or living in a first-world or third-world country. We will continue to explore migration books and eventually choose one to retell using Puppet Pals.
Book Clubs continue to improve as we learn how to debate and discuss our thoughts, ideas, and answers to challenging discussion questions. The
Stone Fox book club group helped model how to take turns arguing and use the text to support their answers.
In writing, we will be discussing how to use dialogue and interview others. This links to our UOI study, as many migration stories are told orally and passed on from one generation to the next.
Action
Students are really reflecting and making many connections to their migration stories, people's stories around them, and in our books. When your child mentions how or why people, or family members move, this is Action because they want to know more about human migration and its connection(s) with challenges, risks, and opportunities related to this. Tell me about it, so I can add it to next week's blog! Thanks:)
Owl of the Week
Xiao Ya...
Homework
Monday: No School (Constitution Day)
Tuesday:
Please see Ms. Tina's blog for homework for the next couple weeks before winter break.
You may think some of the pictures in this blog are a bit "odd", while they are not! In connection with our UOI, we have each chosen a body part that represents "The Best Part of Me." Students are creating a piece on the different ways the best part of them helps them, represents who they are, and connects them to ideas, people, and more. I can't wait for the posters to be finished. They are so creative.
Book Clubs have been amazing this week! JunHyeok, Xiao Ya, and Junke did an fantastic job modeling how to ask questions and work together to find answers using the text. They also used their background knowledge to help infer the meaning of interesting words they found. They raised the level of discussion in our community and we are proud of their risk-taking and willingness to share their hard work. Thanks!
There is a new December book sharing blog post. Please check it out and get back to me if you need help with it. I am super excited about this! Thus far, November presentations have been really creative, interesting, and fun. Na Yeon really used student feedback from October for her November presentation. She had a super introduction - a very bold statement - and ended with how her opinion changed after reading the book! I look forward to hearing more interesting introductions that hook the audience and closings that leave me feeling that I MUST READ THIS BOOK.
