What an exciting week we had! I am always amazed at how much the student's grow over the summer months. We started the week by jumping into the deep end and taking our MUR interim assessment pre-test. This test will give us a better understanding of where each student is at and help me fill in any gaps or holes in their learning.
This year our theme is CREATION. Students will working all year to see what they can "create." We will tie this in to each novel study we do by talking about how the characters create different things. This can be the creation of a situation, things characters build or invent, the creation of community, etc. Creation is all around us!
To get our creation theme started off right, each day we will begin with a DO NOW. Students are given two unrelated objects that exist in the world and are asked to describe their similarities. Then we talk about combining the elements. By doing this we are "creating" new objects for our world. (Or even improving on products that already exist.) I was amazed at the great ideas the kids came up with last week. They were able to use their creativity as well as expand on the ideas of others. It was great to see them working together to create new things.
5th/6th Grade MUR
This week we will begin reading Dragonwings. Students will also receive their first homework packet!
3rd and 4th Grade MUR
Students will begin the direct inquiry process by using Junior Great Books and then we will move into our first unit, Folktales. Students will also receive their first homework packet.
