A great week and information about conferences!

Below you will find some photos from the week, notes on what we have been doing, and information about conferences.
CONFERENCES: In your student's Friday folder you will find a sign up sheet for conferences. Please find a slot that is blank and fits your schedule, add your name to that slot and return it with your student on Monday. As I get sheets from you, I will update the schedule and send home copies on Friday. I am working to embed this schedule in our blog, if and when I figure that out a copy will be there as well!
NOTES FROM THE WEEK: This week we did all sorts of learning. On top of everything we had the NECAP assessments, and all students in our class did their best work, and were mindful of others in our class who worked at different paces. We also continued work on writing, book groups, the American Algorithm, and butterfly investigations.
During writing time we have been working on writing complex characters and narratives, as well as self assessing our work, creating "fourth grade" pieces of writing and focusing on punctuation and spelling. The work students are putting into planning their writing and adding the above complexities is fantastic. These photos show some students in the writing process.

Using a "story arc" to plan writing!

During the NECAP students worked hard to show what knowledge they have. The following images are of students working with RELEASE ITEMS, but give you a sense of their intensity while working with materials like these.

Finally, the American Algorithm. We have been working with this for the past few weeks and are beginning to master the conventions associated with it. Students are beginning to work efficiently with this algorithm and really understand how this algorithm is used.

Thanks again for another great week and if you need to connect with me, drop me an email or call at extension 318! Enjoy the long weekend, Dave.