Monday, October 31, 2011
Pen Pals
Throughout the year I have received several letters from students. Each time I receive a letter I can't help but notice that my students do not know how to correctly write a letter. E-mail is such a wonderful thing, but we have lost some basic fundamentals because of it.
To help us learn how to correctly write a letter, and to help us become better writers, we have decided to become pen pals with Mrs. O'Hara's class at Ben Davis. The younger kids will love receiving letters form the big kids, and I know the big kids will look forward to their letters just as much as the younger one.
French Explorers
Our current IB planner focuses on explorations. We have learned about Spanish explorers, and we are now learning about French explorers. To study French explorers the students broke up into small groups and taught one another.
Inferring with Frankenstein
We've been learning about making inferences when we read. To practice inferring we created Frankensteins. We inferred, or made educated guesses, about Frankenstein's favorite holiday, color, movie, and book. Even though we do not know the exact answer to these questions, we can still draw conclusions about what the answer may be based on what we know about Frankenstein.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
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