What a week! We finished out our winter fitness fun, finalized our unit on informational writing, practiced math facts, and studied the difference between figurative and literal language.
This week concluded our winter fitness fun. What a fantastic time this has been. Over the five weeks of this program students have learned to ice skate, starting skiing, increased their proficiency nordic skiing, and had a lot of fun. This program was new to us this year, and was grant funded. We will be working hard to keep this program going in the future! We would also like to thank all of the parent volunteers who participated. Parent involvement is so helpful in endeavors like this one.
We have also completed a unit on non-fiction writing. Throughout the course of this unit students have, practiced research and citation, crafting engaging text, adding text features, and created work that they can be proud of! The skills used in this unit will be revisited after our break as we investigate the human body.
While talking about the human body...we are starting a new unit, and our current focus in on the brain. This is such an interesting subject. Thus far we have looked into the Stroop Effect, and investigated the different hemispheres of the brain an what they control. We have also investigated how impulses travel throughout our bodies to deliver sensory input information to our brains.
Finally we are looking into literal and figurative language. For this we are using one of my favorite books The Tiger Rising. This is a Kate DiCamillo book, and throughout it's course she artfully weaves figurative and literal language together. What a great read!
I hope this reader finds you well, and that you have a relaxing and fun February Break!
-Dave
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