REMINDERS: READING HOMEWORK IS DUE MONDAY!
We started our Peace Day celebration with a guest speaker assembly. He was fantastic and powerful, and definitely worth asking your student about (or sharing with your parents, students!)
We wrapped Friday up in my class by talking about our weekly community builders. We watched another video clip of Robby "Kid President" Novak. This time, his topic was dreams, which tied in with Peace Day and with our guest speaker. He was invited to speak at the 50th Anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech and shares this in the clip. To watch this video, click here.
In Language Arts today, we had our first quiz. Students were asked to identify the elements of plot within a story ("Jack and the Beanstalk") using text, video, and a choice of graphic organizers. Next week, we will move on from elements of plot to identifying conflict within a story.
In Social Studies this week, our topic of the week was the hemispheres and we also learned about plate tectonics, continental drift, and how the earth changes over time (and is constantly changing) due to volcanic activity, plate tectonics, and erosion. This builds on prior knowledge from 5th grade science and will tie into our study of early civilizations and why they settled in the locations they lived.