As a teacher the greatest gift is to watch a student learn and grow. This week students in both classes were required to create their own questions for our discussion groups. After our readings I passed around a clipboard with lined paper and asked that each student anonymously write a question about the reading. The only rule was you could not write a question that was already on the paper. Being that this was our first time doing this activity, my expectations were quite low, knowing that this would be a skill we would build throughout the school year.I sat down on Wednesday night to read through the questions and my jaw dropped as I read great question after great question.What GREAT thinkers we have!
3rd and 4th Grade MUR:
In reading we read a fable from Africa about a Lion, Camel, Jackal, Crow and Leopard. We discussed in detail how the Lion and Camel were tricked by the other animals and talked about the character traits of these animals.
In spelling we finished up lesson 3 in Wordly Wise as well as learned how to solve an analogy. Students even had the opportunity to write their own analogies on Thursday!
5th and 6th Grade MUR:
In reading we continued our study on Dragonwings and had a mini lesson on theme.As we head into chapter 6 of our books students will begin to track the various themes of the book. We will also be looking at how conflict adds to the intensity of a novel and tracking themes of conflict.
In spelling/vocabulary, students worked on Classical Roots and learned the Latin phrase "Omni corpus mutablie est." Every object is subject to change. We related this to our own lives as well as the characters in our novel.
