Celebrate Reading!

Week of March 2 - 6

We began the week celebrating Read Across America in honor of Dr. Seuss's Birthday. After the class read aloud, Horton Hears a Who! students identified examples of onomatopoeia. We also discussed the literary term alliteration. Students completed an online activity where they had to identify examples of onomatopoeia. During independent reading, students completed a response on the Class Blog.

On Tuesday and Wednesday I was gone to the RCET Technology Conference so students had a substitute. Mr. E. did a two day lesson comparing and contrasting two Cinderella stories from different cultures (a Chinese folktale vs. a Native American folktale). On Tuesday, students also got a treat when they attended an assembly by Mr. N. who talked about his trip to Greece. I wanted to come back to school so I could immediately start applying what I learned from the conference but unfortunately students had a sub on Thursday as well because I was home sick. Students read "The Dog of Pompeii." from the literature series. On Friday I returned to take the students for a lesson in the Library. Mrs. Y. taught how to use the World Book Online Citation Tool. Students had time for a quick checkout before class ended. Since I missed on Thursday, Literature Circles will be postponed until next week.

Posted By: Mrs. W.