The students are very excited to be wrapping up our Iowa Assessments from last week. Our brains were tired! I felt exhausted and I did not even take the test! I was impressed with the students' effort while taking the Iowa Assessments and appreciated their drive and determination. Way to go, 6B!
We are finishing up our horror book clubs this week. The students finished their reading with their groups last week and are glad that they FINALLY solved the mystery to their horror books. The next step that we are going to do is recreate our horror books. Interesting, huh? No, we are not going to do any reenactments because that could get kind of dicey. Instead, we are going to take our horror novels and change them into graphic novels. Students are working in their groups to determine their books' story mountains. Students are determining the books' expositions, inciting incidents, rising actions, climaxes, falling actions, and resolutions. Once they complete their story mountains, they will create storyboards for their graphic novels. Finally, students will use their storyboard "drafts" and create their graphic novels in the Storyboard That! app. I am excited to see how they turn out!
Beginning this week, students will be given a reading assignment that will need to be completed by the end of the quarter. In other words, the students have approximately two months to complete the assignment. Students will be assigned the "8-Book Challenge," where they are to read eight books by the end of the school year. Students are going to work hard at "stealing reading" moments inside and outside of school, where they find time to read more often every day. More information will be sent home this week regarding this assignment.
In writing, students are finishing up their drafts on their explanatory/informative pieces. Once students' drafts are completed, we will be doing some sharing with our "Read Around Groups." Students love "Read Around Groups" because students work in groups and read everyone's writing and vote on which one is the top one and why. (The best part is that students' names on their papers are their birthdates, so students' writing remains anonymous!) They "vote" for the top one in their groups and those are shared with the whole class. We can learn so much through others' writing! We will publish our work later this week.
Lastly, the end of the quarter is on Friday, March 17th. Report cards will be sent home on Monday, March 27th. Please look at the report cards, sign the envelope, and return with your child. Thank you!
Have a great week!
Mrs. McCarville
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