Greetings!
We had a great class yesterday. I really enjoy that they stay so well-engaged for a 90 minute class.
Our Quick Write for today was created with their help. Using my husband's storytelling abilities as inspiration, I asked them to give me four first names, four animals, and four adjectives. With that information, they wrote stories about a cumbersome squirrel, named Samuel and a mawkish unicorn named Nate.
Our Vocabulary Activity was a mix of "Scrabble," "Bananagrams," and their literature assignments. We built a Scrabble-like form from words on our Christmas Carol vocabulary list.
We discussed Stave 2 of our book, A Christmas Carol. After reading more of the book, the students are more comfortable with the language and sentence styles. We came across many of our vocabulary words as we read sections out loud. We watched a two clips from my favorite version of this story, A Muppets Christmas Carol.
I handed back the final copies of their History Essays. The whole class did a wonderful job writing these essays. I think I'm a pretty easy grader -- my primary goal is that the students learn by writing and learn from their mistakes. Our next assignment is a Biographical Essay in which they develop and support a thesis statement.
CHAT doesn't have classes next week due to Thanksgiving. That means only three weeks left in our semester: November 29, December 6 and December 13.
Next Assignments:
-- Read Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol
-- Answer 7 questions and write up 10 vocabulary words
-- Rough draft of Biographical Essay
We had a great class yesterday. I really enjoy that they stay so well-engaged for a 90 minute class.
Our Quick Write for today was created with their help. Using my husband's storytelling abilities as inspiration, I asked them to give me four first names, four animals, and four adjectives. With that information, they wrote stories about a cumbersome squirrel, named Samuel and a mawkish unicorn named Nate.
Our Vocabulary Activity was a mix of "Scrabble," "Bananagrams," and their literature assignments. We built a Scrabble-like form from words on our Christmas Carol vocabulary list.
We discussed Stave 2 of our book, A Christmas Carol. After reading more of the book, the students are more comfortable with the language and sentence styles. We came across many of our vocabulary words as we read sections out loud. We watched a two clips from my favorite version of this story, A Muppets Christmas Carol.
I handed back the final copies of their History Essays. The whole class did a wonderful job writing these essays. I think I'm a pretty easy grader -- my primary goal is that the students learn by writing and learn from their mistakes. Our next assignment is a Biographical Essay in which they develop and support a thesis statement.
CHAT doesn't have classes next week due to Thanksgiving. That means only three weeks left in our semester: November 29, December 6 and December 13.
Next Assignments:
-- Read Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol
-- Answer 7 questions and write up 10 vocabulary words
-- Rough draft of Biographical Essay
Have a great week and a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Mrs. Prichard
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