We had a terrific first week! It was like coming back from an extra long holiday break and starting right back where we left off! I'm so excited to be back working with one of the greatest groups of children I've ever had the chance to work with! And the seven "newbies" have been great additions to our already awesome class!
This week, we've already dug into our first class novel, "Granny Torrelli Makes Soup". We've started our first science unit on rocks and minerals! And the kids have impressed me with how well they remembered the mental math strategies that we learned in third grade! This year, we'll be focusing much more on writing, and the kids have showed me that they're going to be as successful with that as they have been with everything else!
Friday we held our first of many "Master Chef Writing Challenges"! Inspired by the television cooking competitions, students will compete to create the best story they possibly can out of a handful of ingredients - one setting element, one character type, one mood, and one writing craft - in just 45 minutes! The first challenge was a great success, with every single student working harder on writing than I've ever seen! In the end, there can only be one Master Writer for each challenge. And this week's winner was newbie, Lilianna!
Our Star Student this week was also a newbie - Tommy, who very quickly got the hang of how we do things in room 40 and showed the positive attitude and hard work that it takes to be successful!
This week, we've already dug into our first class novel, "Granny Torrelli Makes Soup". We've started our first science unit on rocks and minerals! And the kids have impressed me with how well they remembered the mental math strategies that we learned in third grade! This year, we'll be focusing much more on writing, and the kids have showed me that they're going to be as successful with that as they have been with everything else!
Friday we held our first of many "Master Chef Writing Challenges"! Inspired by the television cooking competitions, students will compete to create the best story they possibly can out of a handful of ingredients - one setting element, one character type, one mood, and one writing craft - in just 45 minutes! The first challenge was a great success, with every single student working harder on writing than I've ever seen! In the end, there can only be one Master Writer for each challenge. And this week's winner was newbie, Lilianna!
Our Star Student this week was also a newbie - Tommy, who very quickly got the hang of how we do things in room 40 and showed the positive attitude and hard work that it takes to be successful!
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