The terrific third graders continue to have fun learning and growing as students and human beings. During Morning Meeting time, the children practice greeting another person by making eye contact and being warm. The children take turns giving a “Book Talk” daily to share. The child tells the class about the book they read to inspire others to read it or another book by that author. For Language Arts, we started learning our poem, “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me at All,” by Maya Angelou. We will be reciting it for you in December. The children read The Principal’s New Clothes, a retelling of The Emperor’s New Clothes. They learned new vocabulary, practiced comprehension, and discussed standing up for what they see as right, even if others are afraid to tell the truth. For word work, the students reviewed the vowel teams and diphthongs. For writing, the children wrote their rough drafts and final copies of their DCS paragraphs. The children created beautiful maps of the original six Dublin schoolhouses with Jeannie Connolly. For Science, we started our Unit on Heredity, Survival, and Selection with a Mystery Science lesson, where the students examined plant traits and used that information as evidence to help them identify an unknown fruit. Thank you to the parents who walked with us on our hike on Friday and to the Dublin Public Library for hosting us once a month. This week, community volunteers helped us make crafts to decorate the library for the holidays.
4th/5th Grade Language Arts -We started learning our poem, “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me at All,” by Maya Angelou. We will be reciting it for you in December. The poems will be coming home to practice in a couple of weeks. The students continue reading their literature books, working on vocabulary, fluency, decoding, comprehension, and retelling. For our extensive Informative Writing Unit, they are working on their introductions for their unique places to visit in Seoul, South Korea, with the MysteryWriting team. They also work on reviewing the vowel teams and the etymology of words, discovering how adding different affixes changes the meaning of the words. Ask your child to tell you about their trip to the Dublin Public Library and their reading group book.
