A Week in the Life of a Student of SOS

Fourth Grade News:

Our students are learining, creating and progressing along nicely.

They are moving around to physical education lessons, writing personal narratives and creating artistic creations.  

Our days are filled with so much.  The children get their work done, mostly in school.  I know there were some concerns that homework was not being sent.  We feel that with all that is going on, the children have enough to do during the day and anything that is not completed goes home.  Some assignments have to be done in class so that we can monitor their progress.  

The children were given an at home project to work on as a family.  They will disguise the turkey in any creative way they would like.  I will post the story Turkey Trouble on Google Classroom for them to listen to and then they can work on Tom the Turkey.  It is meant to be a fun, stressless project to enjoy with the whole family's input.  In the past, they have created many disguises such as cheerleaders, presidents, snowmen, etc. I am eager to see what the children do.

We listened to a number of books this week.  We read, Kindness is a Superpower, A Bad Case of Stripes and did a number of activities that went along with it.  The children are very engaged and focused throughout the day and are busy doing the various work in each class.   

                                                            Fifth Grade News:

Our fifth graders are all now on the Summit Platform.  In English, they have been assigned their first project and are also working on focus areas.  They are continuing to view the resources provided to them, and take notes.  This does take some adjusting but once the kids are acclimated a bit better, they will breeze through it with great ease.  

We are all helping each other out, the children are working cooperatively, and are being patient with learning this new platform.  I really commend their efforts and perserverance.  They are pushing forward and showing great efforts on their part.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.  

 

More Treats than Tricks

 

Fourth Grade News:

There were many learning activities and fun things going around in the classroom this week.  We started with Personal Narratives and read Creepy Carrots.  Mrs. Davia is having the students start writing their personal narratives with small moments and transitional words.  During Intervention Block we listened to the story of Creepy Carrots and are creating pictures of their version.

We were also able to play Halloween Bingo on Friday.  It was a really nice week and the children are doing very well with following procedures and guidelines.  I hope they all had a safe and fun Halloween.

Fifth Grade News:

Our fifth graders are also doing a great job.  

We finally have the students on the Summit platform and have been introducing them to how it works.  We are going through the various sections of Summit and what is required of them.

Our first project in English is Compare and Contrast Short Stories.  They are choosing 2 short stories within the same genre and will be working on various checkpoints within the project.  There is a lot of information coming at them.  We are taking notes in each subject, watching videos and going through various resources which will help them put together their project.

Mrs. Sanchez and I are going step by step with this so that they can see what has to get done. This platform will allow the students to work at their pace, and work on various resources.  Not all the students will do exactly the same project.  They can choose how they will want to present it to the class.  There will be due dates to stay on top of and focus areas which they will work on during SDL time (self-directed learning).

Below you can see our first resource that the children are working on.  The videos they provide on the platform are all helpful in order to be able to get through the various checkpoints.  These checkpoints are important because they teach the children various terms that they need to know.  The articles they read will also be beneficial to completing this project.  We know this will be a great success with their participation and learning the skills to work on these projects independently and with the help of all the teachers.  

The various classes are also learning about the voting process.  Great discussions are held around the Presidential race.  They are actually "voting" through a google form to see who SOS wants to lead our country.  We are reading articles about the voting process, watching videos about how voting works, and listening to the candidates as to where they stand and what they believe in.  

Don't forget there is no school on Tuesday, November 3rd so that we can get out there and vote.