GREAT WEEK

This was a solid week in Classroom C.  Students were productive and we achieved a lot of creative work in the classroom and in the community.  I am very impressed with students' island maps.  The art work and the accompanying writing are both very creative.  We had two fantastic community experiences this week, focusing on ecology of food at CCUA and arts in our community at Orr St Studios.  There are many great photos on the CPBL link to the right.

Here's our focus in each subject area:
READING: I have completed listening to everyone read for their DRA reading assessment.  Next week, they will respond in writing to demonstrate their comprehension.  This work is helping know each reader better and I will use this information to help choose books.  During our independent reading, we are recording or thoughts and sharing these responses to set a standard of communicating about reading.

WRITING: Students have their I AM drafts completed.  After a couple lessons on lines and synonyms, we make our finals and put the poems with our sketches.  Students also demonstrated their writing skills with their Gazetteer and the Travel Brochure for their islands. We will focus on using nonfiction features like headings and pictures when we make our brochures.

MATH: We spent a couple days looking at addition and subtraction strategies and are practicing with adding and subtracting decimals.  There will be a test on adding and subtracting decimals next Tuesday.  The next unit will be multiplication.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Students are deep into their island work.  We discuss landforms and resources in class and in the field.  Students are using their experience around town in Columbia to influence their island ideas.  On our arts field trip, they sketched a piece of art or a flag or sculpture to represent island.  Next week, we will find a day for our gov't walk downtown and we will visit City Hall.

SCIENCE: Scientists are still gathering inspirations and practicing their observations and questions in our trips.  Some days we are using science tools to identify or measure or observe. On our trips, we are often discussing science topics like resource usage, ecology, and geography.

We received our ipads this week!  Very soon we will already be using learning apps to enhance our learning.

BLUES IN THE SCHOOLS COMING SOON!!!

Blues in the Schools at Grant info

Friday, 9/23

Bring $1 to buy your commemorative blues button on playground before school

Tj Wheeler arrives

10 Years of Blues in the Schools at Grant Art Exhibit at Central Bank of Boone County, 720 East Broadway, 5:30 to 6:30PM

Tuesday, 9/27

Bring $1 to buy your commemorative blues button on the playground before school

Thursday, 9/29

Arts & Blues Night at Grant, 5:30 to 7:30PM

Friday, 9/30

Music Makers Blues Revue returns to Grant for an assembly, 2:15PM

Saturday, 10/1

Grant Blues Corps performs at the Blues in the Schools stage, Roots N Blues N BBQ Fest, Stephens Amphitheater, 12:00-4:00