Week 9 Highlights

Dear ALL,

Week 9 has come to an end and here are some highlights:

• I've rearranged the seating in class. I am so happy to see that students have made such wonderful friends with one another. However, chit chatting with their friends during class time will hinder their learning, which is why I've made new seating arrangements.
• I've assigned leadership roles to: Koki and Luke (Line Leaders); Justin, Zoe, Audrey, and Nicholas (Table Leaders); and Sean, Anne, Anna, Katie (Cleaning Leaders). All of them have been very helpful!
• We read a story about 'Me and My Uncle Romie' (402) and 'Summer in the City' (403). While these stories might not be many students' favorite, most students still pushed through and were able to re-tell the story in chronological order. Kudos!
• In Math, we learned about Angles (not Angels!) and Directions (pgs 89-95 and 100-101). Angles may be a tricky one. I asked Tyler to stand in front of the class and be a model angle for everyone. Thank you for being such a good sport, Tyler!
• In Science, we played a game and reviewed about the properties of water. I am impressed that many students still remember what they've learned last week about condensation, evaporation, freezing, and boiling!
• In Creative Writing, I taught my 402 students how to brainstorm before writing an essay. Brainstorming is crucial for generating ideas or else you wouldn't know what to write in a long essay! Ms. Chien also helped us (402) learn how to evaluate and revise an essay. We revised a student's essay together as a class. I told the student that I chose his essay not because his essay was bad but because everyone makes similar mistakes and I needed to use his essay as a sample for learning experience. So, I want to thank the student again for letting us use your essay! As for my 403 students, we brainstormed and wrote an opinion essay about 'The Best Job in the World.' I really enjoyed reading my 403 students' essays about how some of them would like to become authors, cooks, veterinarians, and even a policeman!
• All students chose interesting characters for the Story Town Festival and guess what?! Sean won the prize! He was one of the first ones to figure out the answer to the game, which was MINION. Congratulations, Sean!

What was your favorite part of the week? :)

Anyways, that was a brief overview of Week 9. We have so much more to learn and so much more to know about each other. I look forward to start a new week with you all next week :)

With all the best,

Ms. Wendy