As we near the end of the school year there is still lots of learning left in MUR!
G & T MUR:
This week we began our final unit biographies and autobiographies. Students are working with the concepts of change and theme within life. On Monday, we read the Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown and wrote poems about our "most important" characteristics (these could be physical, emotional or a trait.) Throughout the rest of the week we read a few key chapters from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. We are discussing why this book has had a lasting impact on readers, how it is significant to our own lives and what themes are represented. We will use these two works as a guideline to create our own photobiographies which will be due the last week of school. Students will be choosing a theme in their life and then representing this theme through pictures and captions. We will share our biographies June 5th and 6th.
Advanced MUR:
We continue to read the Scarlet Pimpernel and discuss traits of each character. Students are working to develop their own questions about the reading as well as reading responses.
In writing we are working on the rough draft of our persuasive essay. Students have all chosen a topic and have had one to two writing conferences with me. We will continue to use the tablets for research purposes this week. Each student must have three experts in their field of study to back up their point of view. These quotes will be inserted into the paper and we will learn how to create footnotes and a bibliography for our work.
Word Study:
Both MUR groups are working with Wordly Wise to develop their spelling and vocabulary skills.
