Calling All Volunteers...
Field day at Weatherbee School is fast approaching! We are in need of volunteers to help out. The date is Thursday, June 8th. Please be in touch with one of us or Mr. Plaisted (he's coordinating the event). His email is aplaisted@rsu22.us
Thank you!
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Wrapping up our Reading Units
Our final reading unit is a focus on historical fiction. Linking previous units (weather and poetry) I have been reading aloud a book called Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. The historical time period is the Dust Bowl of the 1930s in Oklahoma. Students are feeling the raw emotion and tragedy the main character, Billie Jo Kelby experiences as she shares diary style poems.
Students are currently reading a variety of historical fiction in book clubs. They are setting their own reading assignments and reading then discussing the books together. Our target: to actively listen and share during historical book club meetings. I have been so impressed, while spectating their discussions as they are noticing, agreeing and politely disagreeing with each others thoughts and ideas, and even helping each other figure out what the author real means when having a character do or say something.
As a culminating activity, I hope to help each group create a "book trailer" about the book's characters, the time period their historical fiction novel took place, and the theme.
One student, as an independent reading project, was willing to create a model book trailer to use as a sample. I couldn't wait to share it! Just click on the link below :)
https://youtu.be/z7sqjhxWNdI
Students are currently reading a variety of historical fiction in book clubs. They are setting their own reading assignments and reading then discussing the books together. Our target: to actively listen and share during historical book club meetings. I have been so impressed, while spectating their discussions as they are noticing, agreeing and politely disagreeing with each others thoughts and ideas, and even helping each other figure out what the author real means when having a character do or say something.
As a culminating activity, I hope to help each group create a "book trailer" about the book's characters, the time period their historical fiction novel took place, and the theme.
One student, as an independent reading project, was willing to create a model book trailer to use as a sample. I couldn't wait to share it! Just click on the link below :)
https://youtu.be/z7sqjhxWNdI
Friday, May 5, 2017
Mystery Skype
Have you heard your child talking about our Mystery Skype sessions? If not, be sure to ask them. This week each class skyped with another class somewhere in the United States. Students used google maps, atlases, and paper maps to help them locate where the mystery class was located. Students took turns asking questions to narrow down where the other class lived. Some examples: Do you border an ocean? Do you get snow? Are you near the Mississippi River? Do you live in the Southern part of our country?
We were able to figure out each state in every class and narrow it down to the closest city. My homeroom skyped with San Diego, California. Mrs. Randall's class got Austin, Texas and Mrs. Felice's class had Dunedin, Florida.
The kids had a blast! Someone from each homeroom told me they wished we could do this EVERY day in social studies😊
Have you heard your child talking about our Mystery Skype sessions? If not, be sure to ask them. This week each class skyped with another class somewhere in the United States. Students used google maps, atlases, and paper maps to help them locate where the mystery class was located. Students took turns asking questions to narrow down where the other class lived. Some examples: Do you border an ocean? Do you get snow? Are you near the Mississippi River? Do you live in the Southern part of our country?
We were able to figure out each state in every class and narrow it down to the closest city. My homeroom skyped with San Diego, California. Mrs. Randall's class got Austin, Texas and Mrs. Felice's class had Dunedin, Florida.
The kids had a blast! Someone from each homeroom told me they wished we could do this EVERY day in social studies😊
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