GT Expo #2 Approaches!

This week students began planning the layout of information for their presentation cubes. Planning will be completed in class on Monday, January 26. That means that students must be finished reading their book by that day! The cube panels will go home on Monday and return to school on February 2 to be assembled. Also note, drafts of the song/poem must be here at school for initial approval on the 30th.

Thank you for supporting your child in this project.

GT Expo 2

As I mentioned earlier in the week, the second GT Expo of the year will be held on February 6th. In the links to the right you will find the guidelines. The short version is this: Students will select a book, dress as a character from the book, and present from that character's point of view. In addition, they will be building a presentation cube as a display. They will also either compose a song or write a poem that summarizes their book from the selected character's point of view. As always, if you have any questions, contact me.

Welcome back!

I hope everyone had a wonderful break. It was great to see the class again and hear about their time off.

We jumped right back into the work today. For the next couple weeks we will be reading and writing persuasive texts. In math we will work on solving problems with fractions and then move on to money and personal finance. Our science topic will be landforms and changes to the landscape caused by natural events. We will be studying change over time in social studies.

Report cards will go home on Friday. Again, they will be in an envelope which you will need to sign and return.

The second GT Expo is just a month away. Students will be getting information on this later in the week. There will be a more detailed post about it here by Friday. The theme is "Literacy Fair" which is like a science fair, but with books. Be aware, it will involve dressing up, singing, and writing.