Junior Great Books

This week we enjoyed working as a whole class during Reader's Workshop reading a Junior Great Books story called The Little Daughter of the Snow with Mrs. Makay.  We looked for places where the parents were "good parents" and "bad parents", created our own stories about sons and daughters of nature and participated in discussion groups to share our ideas and opinions about the story along with evidence to support our ideas and opinions.  A huge thank you to Melissa Makay for providing this very enriching experience for our entire class.
Miss Blair began doing Skill Builders this week to prepare the class for her Complex Instruction Unit next week.  Students were placed in cooperative groups to practice their collaborative skills while completing a task.  Some of the skills they worked on were "We listen to and value everyone's ideas", "No one of us is as smart as all of us together", and "No one is done until everyone is done".  Next week students will be grouped again and will work together to learn about composting.
We also enjoyed a wonderful Hands On Nature lesson this week about "Birds".  My friends actually had an opportunity to perform the puppet show themselves and did a terrific job.  They also had an opportunity to create nests and see if they could actually hold eggs.  Another huge thank you to our Hands On Nature parents for providing another wonderful enriching experience for our class.
We began our new science unit this week.  It is called "Catching the Wind:  Designing Windmills".  Miss Blair is leading this unit.  By the end of this unit students will have an opportunity to design and build their own windmill!  Thank you to those of you who have sent in milk cartons for this project!
Have a terrific Spring weekend!

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