What an exciting week!
5th/6th Grade MUR:
This week we continued to read The Porcupine Year. It is great to see the children connecting to Native American culture and the appreciation that has developed through reading this novel. Jacob and Nick presented their author studies of Louise Edrich. We learned so many interesting things about her life and writing. We will be finishing up our unit next week and moving on to A Christmas Carol.
In vocabulary/spelling, we changed our prefix study to focus on words relating to "travel". We discussed the Latin phrase Sic transit gloria mundi.
3rd/4th Grade MUR:
This week we concluded our study of A Murder for Her Majesty. The kids LOVED the book and were literally jumping out of their seats as we reached the climax of the story. Our focus for this unit was written responses. All of the kids have made fantastic progress in written responses to literature. We finished out our week with Charles Dickens. Each student read a short biography on Dickens' life and took notes on important facts. On Friday, we spent time in the computer lab learning about Victorian life. The students were surprised to learn how proper people of the time were. Please feel free to click the links to the right and see what the kids were up to in the computer lab!
In spelling/vocabulary, we continue to work in Wordly Wise.
