I know everyone is probably still feeling in 'holiday mode' but I'm hoping we'll all get back in the game quickly! This is the middle portion of the year, and it's important not to lose your focus!
If this were a hockey game, it'd be second period...if this were a Star Wars film, it'd be The Empire Strikes Back...You've got to keep focused so the Dark Side of the Force doesn't score a goal on your net...ooops, I've mixed up my analogies! Well, you get the idea!
Here are some of the things to look forward to over the coming weeks/months!
- reconnection and goal setting in the first week back
- creating a video game (with marketing tie ins) STARTS FRI!
- financial literacy (math-as-literacy project...real world money applications!)
- Romeo & Juliet using Shakespeare in Bits, of which our primary goal will be to read through the play in its entirety and understand it! Then we will be comparing the play to several movie variations (this will be your predominate writing task to write a movie review & answer the question: which movie best represents the play?). We will also be doing a variety of drama/art interpretations (here's the chance for those shadow plays and flip books!)
- more drama! more charades and tableaus and improv and the like...
- health discussions (stress, healthy eating)
- literacy centers and guided reading
- independent novel study #2
- Skeleton Creek read aloud (with discussion questions related to character, setting, plot (ie: predicting & foreshadowing))
- a continued emphasis on main idea with supporting details, using poems/videos etc...
- more discussion of careers, personal strengths, multiple intelligences, etc...
Looking forward to it and, as always, keep your eye on this blog to get the latest news!
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