Thank you so much for your donations of the yoga balls! We are so close to a class set that I went ahead and ordered a few more to complete our class set! The students are absolutely loving sitting on them!
Reading: We are continuing learning about what a hero is. This weekend, students will be choosing their heroes so that early next week, we can begin reading biographies about these amazing people!
Read Aloud: We left off in Echo today with quite a cliff hanger! Ask your child to tell you more about what he/she has learned about the events of World War II from this book.
Language: The students will be writing a narrative story in the classroom about an event that has to do with the Trail of Tears. Later on in the week, they will be given a homework assignment to write a persuasive letter to Andrew Jackson to convince him to allow the Native Americans to stay on their land. They will have close to a week to complete this, but it will be done completely at home.
Math: Equivalent fractions will be our focus this week: recognizing and creating them. Students will even be playing "Fraction War" at the end of the week.
Alabama History: Today the students read a variety of short passages having to do with the Trail of Tears. One group read a story from the perspective of a young Native American boy as he was traveling the Trail of Tears, another read the speech that Andrew Jackson made to Congress and another read the lyrics to an old Elton John song called "Indian Sunset." The students will be revisiting these passages several times over the week and then sharing with others about what they read.
Passion Projects: The students are so very excited to jump into this! Friday we will begin by visiting the library and looking for available resources.
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