Learning Intention: I can communicate my ideas using written language
Criteria:
- I brainstorm before writing (to generate ideas)
- I add supporting details to develop my ideas
- I use appropriate punctuation
The 2019 Global Read Aloud (#GRA19 & #GRAFront) kicked off this week and over the next 6 weeks, we will be joining hundreds of classes around the world as we read Front Desk, a novel by Kelly Yang. Before getting started, we activated our background knowledge by examining the cover of the novel and thinking about the title. We saw many different clues on the front page – a character on the phone, bags on the floor and keys hanging on the wall – that we used to make predictions. We wondered if the character was at home or work. And we wondered if she was on vacation or in a hotel. We used those observations to make predictions about the story. We recorded our predictions and then began reading! The story immediately grabbed our attention and we’re looking forward to continuing next week. We’ve been exploring one of the Science Big Ideas How Living Things Sense & Respond to Their Environment with some science experiments that involve our senses. We’re all familiar with our five senses, but we didn’t realize how much they actually work together when sending signals to our brain (even when we’re sleeping!). Fascinating! We also learned that plants are similar to humans in that they also sense and respond to their environment. We started an experiment to see first hand how seeds respond to different conditions (no water, no soil, no light). After getting our seeds planted, we used our prior knowledge to make realistic predictions. A few of us wondered how the plant would respond to darkness because it needs the sun for food. We’re curious to see it for ourselves!! We kicked off our letters home last week, so this was our second week of sending letters home to share our highlight of the week. Our writing goal for the first term will be to develop our ideas with supporting details. Our teacher modelled how to brainstorm before writing to help come up with ideas to write about. We noticed that that was really helpful! Here’s what our learning intentions and criteria are: Learning Intention: I can communicate my ideas using written language Criteria:
A great week of learning :)
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