7th: Today, we began class by reflecting on what happened in our summit meetings yesterday. Then, we went to take the STAR test in the computer lab. These reading scores will be discussed with students next week. When we returned from taking the test, the summit meeting groups shared out what took place in the meetings yesterday and from these presentations we generated a list of reasons why communities cooperate, disagree and settle conflict. We will use this list when we begin to talk about government soon. Then, we began to talk about reading informational text, using examples of the text in the room to identify text features and graphic aids. We will continue talking about this tomorrow.
Homework: Read chapters 8-11 in the Giver and come prepared with your active reading work in your reading journal.
6th: We began the class by taking the STAR test to determine students' reading levels. Then, we returned to the classroom to talk about asking questions while reading. Students brainstormed all types of questions that they could ask while reading. Then, we read the Virgil chapter of Seedfolks and practiced asking questions while we read. Finally, we shared the pizza box artifacts that we brought in for the past 2 night's homework, on our personal traditions and on our beliefs/values. Then, we glued these pieces to our pizza projects.
Homework: The next thing you need to bring in for your pizza box project is something to represent the food in your personal culture. Think about these questions: Does your family have traditional foods? What do you eat on holidays or special occasions? Where do you get your food – garden, grocery store? Because this was not mentioned in class today (but it was written on the homework board), we'll make it homework for Monday.
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