Our Team

Our Team

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Ruby Bridges

A few weeks ago we started reading informational text over Ruby Bridges.  We read and discussed several types of sources and medias: articles, interviews, biographies, an autobiography, and artwork. We talked about that one event (or individual) can be presented many ways through the different points of view of the author writing about that event (or individual).  We disucssed the individual Ruby Bridges and the events that surrounded her life.  Students were put into groups where they compared and contrasted different media sources.  They then completed online venn diagrams to show their understanding.  I have put their venn diagrams on edmodo.com.  Be sure to check them out!

This link will ask you for a login: ask  your child for their login, or you can create your own!
Edmodo: Venn Diagrams

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Family Inquiry Project

This week, along with being ISTEP, we have also begun our new literature circle unit.  This unit will be dealing with the question, "What is a family?"  We have been talking about the different ways you can define a family.  I am including a link to the popplet we made in class.  Can a team be considered family? Friends? The popplet was a great way to see that yes, there are many ways to define a family!

We will be reading these books, including our mentor text, Because of Mr. Terupt, the next few weeks.  If you would like to read a novel that your child is reading, please let me know and I will get you a copy! 

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Point of View Powerpoints

We have spent the past few weeks discussing point of view.  We have talked about first, second, and third person, as well as third person objective, limited, and omniscient.  We have also learned about author's perspective and how different writing genres can give us a different point of view over the same topic.  I have linked up a quick project we did to learn about different point of view over the same topic. Check out the powerpoints on blendspace! Blendspace Point of View