Reader's Workshop
To start this week, we got right back into our group's topic by looking at specific words authors use to make us as readers feel a certain way. We tried to recognize when authors use language to persuade us as opposed to logic and evidence. Then, we practiced identifying goals and techniques that authors use. On Wednesday, our groups prepared for a debate that we had on Friday to finish off our opinion unit in reading. Each group had a scenario that they were portraying in the debate to convince us of their side. The debates went really well and the students had many good pieces of evidence to use from their articles. Writer's Workshop As we finished our final argument essays, we added a few key adjustments to our writing. First, we talked about how to use language that makes our evidence and reasons incontestable. Including statements that are untrue discredits us as authors so we wanted to make sure everything we said in our essays was true. Then, we talked about editing: breaking up our information into paragraphs logically. We don't want to have large chunks of text, nor do we want many small pieces of text in our essays. We all finished our final essay drafts and took our opinion writing post-assessment on Thursday. Math In math this week, we learned another strategy for subtracting fractions: renaming. When the fraction part of a mixed number is smaller in the number that comes first, we need to rename the mixed number in order to subtract the fractions. We also identified patterns in fractions by renaming them to figure out what the rule for each pattern is. Social Studies This week, Ms. Wu continued teaching the students about the causes of the revolution. This is what she did: The students finished the first (long) lesson about the events that lead to the American Revolution. We continued on with the topics of how the colonists worked together, why the colonists wanted to become independent, and who caused change in the colonies. As I explained to the students, the format of this unit was that the first lesson was an overview of all the events leading up to the revolution. The second, third, and fourth lesson were all thematic topics looking back at the various events and people in the first lesson with a specific lens. When the students get back from break, we will have a review, and the test for this unit will most likely be on Tuesday. Students also need to know the geography of the 13 colonies, including the names and locations of each colony and the three different regions. Extras In P.E. with Coach Mitchell, we had our final dance performances for the dance unit (videos can be found on Seesaw). We also had music and got to work on a STEAM Valentine project. On Friday, we had our Valentine's Day party and it was a lot of fun. Thank you Mrs. Lolayekar, Mrs. Coke, Mrs. Hou and all the other parents that helped put everything together!
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