 | Here is a very quick synopsis of what happened in sixth-grade on Tuesday as I am unfortunately dealing with a minor sinus infection that hit me like a ton of bricks this afternoon and apparently led to me having a bad hair day, at least according to my witty students during writing class today. |
Speaking of those witty students, they were quite sharp in their responses and ethic today, leading to a great day.
In reading class, students started the day on fire by sharing some very intriguing and insightful responses about some possible problems that may develop within a community garden (per our close read on "A Farm in Chicago?"). Here are the pictures showing the insightful thinking from Rooms 307 and 308. Please click on the image for a close-up of the student responses.
In reading class, students started the day on fire by sharing some very intriguing and insightful responses about some possible problems that may develop within a community garden (per our close read on "A Farm in Chicago?"). Here are the pictures showing the insightful thinking from Rooms 307 and 308. Please click on the image for a close-up of the student responses.
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After this great start, the students jumped into literature circles and read the first four chapters of the inspirational Seedfolks, learning about the courageous Kim, curious Ana, defeated Wendell and observant Gonzalo as the fictional community garden begins to sprout in a vacant garbage lot in Cleveland, Ohio. For our first day in literature circles, the students were fantastic, cooperative and engaged. Each student picked a character and read a chapter to their circle. The students then started working on SWBST strategies for each character. Our literature circles lasted for a good 40-45 minutes and led into Social Studies.
Class began with our CNN Student News, where we learned more about the Syrian refugee crisis, future hyperloop travel and the economics of supply and demand as applied to oil prices. We then had an interesting classroom discussion about these issues before preparing for tomorrow's review on the 7 elements of Social Studies.
Class began with our CNN Student News, where we learned more about the Syrian refugee crisis, future hyperloop travel and the economics of supply and demand as applied to oil prices. We then had an interesting classroom discussion about these issues before preparing for tomorrow's review on the 7 elements of Social Studies.
As for writing class, students self-assessed and peer reviewed the second paragraph (first reason) of their 9/11 reflections before transitioning into a review of our punctuation rules for periods, question marks and exclamation points in anticipation of tomorrow's quiz.
Overall, it was a tough day physically for this teacher, but a truly great day for the students intellectually. The sixth-graders were really applying themselves and thinking today, which I greatly appreciated in my zombie-like stage.
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