The Crooked House:
This was an exciting week for our junior detectives. We began the week with a lesson on formal letter writing and then transferred this skill to our classroom project. Using their detective skills, students wrote letters to Inspector Taverner revealing the killer and giving him evidence. It was wonderful to see the student's creative minds at work. Many of the letters are on display in our classroom!
We will be finishing our mystery unit on February 28th and moving into our final exam. Our exam will be long answer and contain critical thinking and interpretive questions. Students will be given the questions prior to the exam to give them time to prepare their answers. Please look for the rubric and questions on Wednesday.
Discussion Groups:
After four weeks of discussion groups the kids are pros! It is amazing to listen to their talks and watch different students take on leadership roles within the group. I have heard some incredible ideas come from these groups as students dissect the novel bouncing ideas off of one another. We have really come together as a group!
Station Work:
We continue to delve into our station work as student learn more about spelling and vocabulary.
Advanced MUR writing project:
All of the students have completed their pre-writing packet and have begun the introduction of their story. It is exciting to see their stories come to life. Next week we will be focusing on the main character of a story. We will be conducting writing activities with our main characters, getting to know them better and adding this knowledge into our stories.
