I am constantly amazed at the progress of the students. This week our 3rd and 4th grade MUR class made leaps and bounds in their thinking while the 5th and 6th graders showed their expert finesse. I hope your child is sharing all the fun things we do in MUR and always if you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
3rd and 4th grade MUR:
This week we began our study of folktales. We broke them down into four categories that we will study; fairy tales legends, fables and myths. Hans Christian Andersen was our focus this week as we read the Nightingale. Students made amazing discoveries about this bird and it's importance to the story. We also discussed "do not judge a book by it's cover" and "beauty is on the inside". At the end of the week the we participated in a student lead seminar. The focus was forgiveness vs. an eye for an eye. This was a very lively discussion with students on both sides giving great literary evidence for their opinions.
In grammar we continued to focus on nouns and their importance in a sentence. Students are using the analytical grammar system to label and later diagram sentences.
Our Wordlywise focus was chapter 2. Students are becoming more familiar with this curriculum. With each day they become better at working with new words and discovering their meanings.
5th and 6th grade MUR:
We continued our study of Dragonwings this week. In the classroom we have developed character charts and categorizing a character by their traits, actions and physical descriptions. We are also working on developing student lead questions for classroom discussions to create independence. I am amazed at the level of questioning the students are able to come up with!
In grammar we continue to work on prepositional phrases. Student's were struggling with the prepositions, so we slowed down and took some extra time to work on this concept.
In spelling and vocabulary we continue our study of Greek and Latin roots as well as Latin phrases. We are all enjoying this curriculum!
