Literacy Today, Tomorrow, and Everyday

Literacy Week came and went so quickly! It's amazing how much we accomplished in such little time. Students learned the importance of literacy and discovered its many faces. Please read on to see all we accomplished this week and all we hope to accomplish next week. Please email me at joshuajoseph.his@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns. 

Kindly, 

Mr. Joseph

Reminders

• Feb 9-13: Chinese Week
• Feb 13: HIS Valentine's Day
• Feb 16-23: Lunar New Year Holiday
• Feb 25: Semester 2 Clubs begin
• Feb 27-28: Peace Day Holiday

This Week

Reading: We finished reading The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks. We asked ourselves how would the book have been different if the main characters had been girls and not boys. Students responded by creating an original comic book adaptation. We also read to our book buddies in 1S, created bookmarks, cereal box book reports. We improved our fluency and reviewed key concepts by sharing our favorite poems and even took a little field trip to a High School Reading class. 

Writing: We wrote an opinion piece and a response to our Read Aloud. Everyday we responded to writing prompts during Write Now! When we had spare time we continued developing our persuasive opinion drafts. 

Math: We learned how to problem solve by using objects and drawing pictures. Then we reviewed and assessed everything we learned in Topic 9. 

Art: We learned about onomatopoeia and created onomatopoeia inspired artwork.

Next Week

Reading: We will return to our Series Book Clubs. We will compare stories within our book clubs by using T-Charts. 

Writing: We will continue drafting opinion pieces. We will write persuasive reviews by doing taste tests, and by beginning our introductions with an expert or character quote. 

Math: We will begin Topic 10: Solids and Shapes. Students will identify solid figures by naming and identifying their attributes and shapes related to those solids. Students will also learn about lines and line segments and distinguish between obtuse and acute angles by comparing them to right angles. Finally students will solve riddles about polygons by using geoboards or dot paper. 

Science: We will review and assess everything we learned in Chapter 4 and begin Chapter 5: Food Chains. Students will learn

Art: We will continue learning about food chains by using positive and negative space to make food chain inspired art.