Thursday, February 25

 Hi parents,

We had a great day today. In the morning, the students had Music class and Work Period, and then we did a research activity using the Ipads. The students learned how to access Pebble Go (which is quite complicated actually), and then went to the section dedicated to Being A Good Citizen. Students worked in partners and chose a topics to research, for example, 'honesty', 'responsibility', 'volunteering', etc... They read through the text and then responded to a writing prompt that asked that to explain why the value they chose was important.

For example, a student may have written: "Volunteering is important because volunteers help people get all of their jobs done."

This was the first time the students have done any independent research this year, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but they did an awesome job all around. We're thinking of doing some follow up activities over the next few days!

In the afternoon, we spent more time reviewing the "Bossy E" (aka Magic E and Silent E). I gave the students a bunch of nonsense words and challenged them to add an 'e' to change the vowel sounds.

For example, the word 'Hik' became 'Hike', 'Bik' became 'Bike', etc. They seemed to think this was pretty cool.

Tomorrow is our spelling quiz! Good luck!

Zac