Busy Bees in Zirilli's ELA classes

 The past week was another productive and busy one.  Our 4th graders took the ELA RICAS Assessments.

They did such a great job with taking their time, and putting in great effort.  

I always give then that extra motivation to keep them going.  We do have smartie pants in our 4th grade and they were on a roll as day 2 approached.

5th Graders:

While the 4th graders were busy testing, our 5th graders worked on the beginning of the trimester writing benchmark which was an opinion piece about cell phones in school.  Many of the children had excellent reasons as to why they should or should not be permitted in schools.  

Towards the end of the week, they presented their posters of the rainforest to their classmates and myself.  They did such a nice job and getting up in front of the class is getting easier for most of them.

What a wonderful job they did on this project.  More to come this week with the students choosing which project to work on and then presenting it to their classmates.

Very proud of their effort and hard work.

Learning- Wondering- Exploring

The week got away from us.  The students were so involved in their work, activities galore and learning was and is in full swing.

Grade 5:

The 5th graders were busy taking the ELA RICAS assessments for 2 days. We know that they gave it their all.  Then they worked on posters for the remainder of the week.  They had to research an animal from the tropical rainforest, find facts and draw pictures.  The posters turned out great.  Others chose to draw a map of all the tropical rainforests and locate them.  A third selection was to draw out the layers of the tropical rainforest and include either animals or plants that grow there.  They did a fantastic job, as you can see by the images.

Grade 4:

Our 4th graders were also engaged and busy in their learning.  They continued to practice for their RICAS testing and had some time to do an egg-citing writing activity.

We also took a virtual tour of our State House.  It wasn't the same as actually being there, however, the children were able to get a better understanding of how the State House works and what they do there.

The children were very attentive and answered many of the questions being asked.  They also, asked many wonderful questions.  Overall, our week was full and productive.  There are always great things going on at Stephen Olney School.  Learning, wondering and exploring are always part of our days.