Communications

In Communications, we have several projects underway.

First, we have our core lessons. We are learning about the Persuasive Letters genre. We took notes earlier in the week, we are reading examples, and today, we were making connections and comparing two different letters. We read the letters in class and discussed the different features. Next, we took notes on the different ways we would compare the texts (the problem, the argument, etc.). Finally students worked with a partner or a group (no more than three people) to reread and find examples.

By working together, students were able to dialogue and explain why something would fit as an example or not work. The students may not be aware, but our seating chart, and their partners, are carefully planned to fit their individual strengths and offer support. There is some data used in placing students into partnerships, but making connections with students, observing what causes them anxiety or motivates them is used for their benefit. Sometimes a partnerships flourishes, other times, it needs an intervention, or it may need to change. Walking around the classroom, answering questions, monitoring student progress, sharing feedback, all helps optimize learning for each individual student. Today, appeared to have many successful learning experiences.

After our Benchmark Literacy Learning, we took some time to mod-podge ... decorating the covers of our poetry notebooks ...

preparing to mod podge

Students have already completed their covers or who need to wait for there to be an opening at the mod-podge center are working on writing more poetry

In Reading Flex, we had to put our dinosaur research learning "on the shelf" with all of our technology being used for testing. We could easily use books, but many students started their research, and the library does not have books on all of the different varieties.

We are COMMUNICATING in many ways in Communications.