Welcome to Week 3! Already the weeks are flying by.
The past two weeks have been fantastic. The kids have reacted to the large class size with great excitement and an amazing level of maturity. It seems as though the instructors are the only ones fazed by the larger number of faces in the crowd. As a result, we have been able to coast through all of the beginning of the year assessments and now we are ready to get into our curriculum.
In writing students have been putting together a rough draft of a moment in time during their summer. They are asked to write about this moment of their summer in real time (getting away from past-tense is hard) and include details as well as dialogue. With this writing project we are able to work through the writing process. This week we will be finishing our rough drafts, revising, and starting to publish our work.
In reading we will be starting our very first novel series with Maniac Magee. This is a great realistic fiction that the kids are going to love. It will allow us to investigation the genre of realistic fiction, begin to work in literary circles (discussion groups), and work on the components of strong reading comprehension (making connections, questioning, and visualizing).
In math we will be continuing our investigation into place value. This week we will be looking at numbers with decimals and their value. Students will be comparing and ordering these numbers. In addition, students will get their first chances to work as peer instructors as we prepare for this sections test.
That's it for now. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
-Allyn Woods and Alaina Therriault-
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