Good Afternoon All! I hope you all had a great week. I started the week talking with the students about how much schoolwork e still had left and that there is a lot of work we need to get through. I will keep this tone through the last week of school. As the weather changes, the students can lose focus (as well as the teacher) rather quickly. We all would love to be outside in the sunshine. However, I have found over the years, that having this conversation helps them understand that we still have stuff to do.
This week the students completed their final assessment for our opinion writing unit. Each student was asked to pick their favorite place to visit. They then wrote a piece to convince me about why this place was so great. The students have all done a fantastic job with this unit and I am very proud of their work.
One of our read a louds this week was Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli. "is a rhyming story about monsters who insist they don't eat broccoli, even though they're surrounded by it. The monsters prefer other items like tractors, rocket ships, and building blocks. The story highlights the monsters' aversion to broccoli while also subtly suggesting that vegetables, like broccoli, are not always so bad." I taught the kids about the use of foreground and back ground in the illustrations. The students then created an illustration of their favorite part and wrote a few sentences to describe why they liked it.
NOTES:
*There will be no writing volunteers needed this coming week. We will be working on a special Mother's day project those three days. In order to keep it a surprise, I will ask that you all take a week off.
That is all for now. I hope you all have a great week.
Peace,
Mr. Young
