September 9th to September 13th

We had a wonderful week of growing and learning together as we continue to build our classroom community. We began our work with our whole class book, The Magical Yet. It is a wonderful story about overcoming challenges, teaching us that we can learn new things and achieve our goals and dreams with patience, hard work and practice.

After reading the book, the students created webs about all the things that they once were unable to do that they now can do. We discussed how the "yet" helped to get us there. Next, the students selected one item from their web to describe in a written paragraph. They worked to add details by thinking about questions such as: What was it like when you first started? Why did you want to learn or get better at this skill? What did you do to get better? What did you say to yourself when it was really hard?

We then worked to publish our written pieces using the Chromebooks. The students were excited to have the opportunity to utilize technology in their writing. Many were a little nervous as they had not used a Chromebook. How would they log in? What is Google Classroom? What if I cannot figure out how to do something? This was a perfect connection back to The Magical Yet. They may not know how to log in, "yet". They may not know how to format a document, "yet"! By the end of the day, they had already learned so many new skills. We are excited to see where they get to as the year continues!

Learning Outcomes:

I can examine how challenging situations can involve perseverance.

I can create written texts using a variety of text forms and structures.

I can develop a logical order by grouping ideas into paragraphs.

I can experiment with language to add interest to my writing.

I can revise texts to enhance clarity.

I can apply keyboarding skills to enhance written works.

Questions to discuss with your child?

What are some of the things you included on your Magical Yet web?

What did you choose to write about?

What parts of writing are you feeling confident with? What areas would you like to work on?

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