Grinch Week

It is Grinch Week in Ms. Leom and Mr. Greninger's fourth grade classes. Students' seasonal energy and enthusiasm are being channeled in a "learning extravaganza" to continue to make porgress on our learning goals. 

On Thursday, the students watched the cartoon version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". They reviewed character trait learning from September. The classes discussed character development and how the Grinch changed form the beginning to the end of the story. Students also reviewed our author's purpose learning from November. They identified the author's purpose and used details from the movie to support their purpose.

On Friday (today), we read and sang along to "The Grinch" song. All week, we have been working to develop our fluency. For some students, singing with a familiar song is very helpful to their fluency practice.

Then, we created Grinch Portfolios to showcase our Grinch learning. 

I LOVE Grinch portfolios!! I love how they are all so individual and even when students "mess up", it still turns out perfectly! I love this learning is "error-proof", and how students smile and have fun.

Next week, we will read the book. We will compare and contrast the book and the movie. We will explore cause and effect. 

We continue to focus on the fourth grade standards and developing our learning goals. We use a variety of strategies and contexts to motivate, engage, and develop our skills. Using the Grinch and the holiday energy, for many students, the learning is lost in the doing.

Also note, the other fourth grade classes have students who do not celebrate the holiday, so they are using Despicable Me to teach the same lessons. Ms. Leom posted "Grinch Week" in her newsletters two weeks prior to the beginning to allow families the opportunity to express any concerns prior to the start. We want to support our students and families. :)