Did You Know…? In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.
Good afternoon,
We started our day of by discussing stories. Specifically, we were discussing showing not telling readers in stories. One way that we can show a reader clearly what we are describing, instead of just telling them, is to use our 5 senses: taste, smell, hear, touch, and see. We watched a Halloween themed tumblebook to help us to explore the 5 senses. We watched Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance by Keith Graves. We were actually able to find a lot of examples of the 5 senses in the book. Some of the things we directly read about, hear about, or saw, but other students told us what they were visualizing and thinking about during the book. We definitely found hearing to be the easiest today. We’ll be exploring this concept throughout the year, and be practicing adding details that show not tell into our own writing.
In Math today, we did another check-in about our October projects. Today we reviewed how our raffle sale has been doing. Students were asked to consider how much money we have earned overall, and to create equations describing what we have done. We also started a new check-in on the bracelet sale that we were having today. Students, again, created a table and were asked to find and describe the patterns that they were able to see. You can check out both of those pages below. We were able to raise $157 altogether for UNICEF over the past 3 days. Great job everyone! It was amazing to see your commitment and excitement for this project.
We also had some time to write and share some spooky Halloween stories today. Students were given 20 minutes to write a scary story in their writer’s notebooks. They were asked to consider what we had discussed earlier in the morning about showing, not telling, and to think about how they engaged the 5 senses in their writing. Afterwards, we formed a community circle and students were able to share their stories. As with all community circles, students had the right to pass if they did not want to share. I heard some creepy and very descriptive passages in student writing today, from “ribbons of flesh” to “mucus slurping,” and all were very effective for our Halloween theme. While we listened to each other’s stories, we turned down the lights and had a crackling fireplace to keep us warm. Want to tell some spooky stories at home tomorrow. You can use the same fireplace we used!
We also had our Costume Parade and Halloween celebration today. At 1:15 pm we were able to make our way to the gym to see everyone’s costumes. It was really neat to see all the different and creative ideas! When we returned to class, we were able to eat all of our healthy Halloween treats. Thanks to everyone for your support and generosity. The students had a wonderful time and we had a LOT of delicious and creative things to choose from. The time and effort everyone put in really helped to make our celebrations so successful! Check out some of the treats we enjoyed below!
Read 20 minutes
Math: pgs. 45-47 # 1-13, 15, 17
Website Release Form (ASAP)
Halloween Dance – Tonight, 6:00 – 8:00 pm (admission by donation)
Conquer the Cold Donations – until November 7th
Photo Retakes – November 5th
Ski Forms – ASAP
Hot Lunches – Order Online at (https://timberlea.hotlunches.net/admin/) until this evening
Candy Exchange – November 4th
