Josephine and Aunt Edith "Caught" in Crime!
This week we finished our mystery unit. It was exciting to see the student's reactions as they uncovered the final scenes in the book. Many students yelled out "NO WAY!" as they came to the ending. It was difficult to keep everyone quiet until all had a chance to finish the book. Unfortunately, our snow day interrupted our final discussion. I am anxious to read the student's final exam essays and read their thoughts and ideas on the story.
Thursday and Friday we took our final exam and are ready to move on to our next unit!
Advanced MUR Writing Project:
This week we spent time getting to know our main characters. Each student gave a short presentation on their main character, describing the character's personality traits, and sharing a hidden talent of their character. It is exciting to see middle school students so excited about a project. We are all looking forward to next week when we will be sharing our stories with a partner.
***Reminder: Next week is our 3rd Interim Assessment.
Next week we will be working with short stories so we have ample time to review and prepare for our Interim Assessment. This trimester we will be giving differentiated assessments to better suit the needs of students in the class.
