In the second six weeks, Incredibles students will read works by Edgar Allen Poe (especially the poem "The Raven") as part of the Big Read.
In writing, students will learn about persuasive techniques and will write a persuasive essay.
Other highlights of instruction will include learning the "Stretch to Sketch" reading strategy, noting idioms and hyperbole, and examining verbs.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
What's Up in Civics
Did you know that we can tie in the legend of Robin Hood to civics?
The civics classes will be studying about the importance of historical documents and the governmental system that we use. Even though these documents were written a very long time ago, they have had a huge influence on our present day government.
Some of the documents that we will be looking at include; the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the VA Statues for Religious Freedom, the VA Declaration of Rights, the Articles of Confederation, the Bill of Rights, and of course, the US Constitution.
Believe it or not, the civics students need to learn these and some very important political principles upon which our democracy is based. This is heavy information for 12 and 13 year olds to comprehend!
We are gearing up for our DC field trip on October 30th in which we will be touring the US Capitol Building, Union Station, the American History Museum, and some of the monuments and memorials.
The civics classes will be studying about the importance of historical documents and the governmental system that we use. Even though these documents were written a very long time ago, they have had a huge influence on our present day government.
Some of the documents that we will be looking at include; the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the VA Statues for Religious Freedom, the VA Declaration of Rights, the Articles of Confederation, the Bill of Rights, and of course, the US Constitution.
Believe it or not, the civics students need to learn these and some very important political principles upon which our democracy is based. This is heavy information for 12 and 13 year olds to comprehend!
We are gearing up for our DC field trip on October 30th in which we will be touring the US Capitol Building, Union Station, the American History Museum, and some of the monuments and memorials.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
What's Up in Math
The Math teachers on the Incredibles team, Mr. Hon, Mr. Matthew and Mr. Phillips, report that their classes are off to a great start this year. After reviewing computation, we have been working with exponents and using the correct order of operations to simplify expressions (Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally!). Students have worked with variables and are able to evaluate expressions and mentally solve equations that contain variables. Properties of addition of multiplication such as the commutative, associative, distributive and identity properties have been introduced. Students have also worked on finding patterns in numerical sequences as well as writing numbers using scientific notation. Next, students will be learning about integers and how to add, subtract, multiply and divide them.
What's Up in English/Reading
During the first few weeks of this school year, students in Mrs. Halterman’s, Mrs. Janzen’s, and Mr. Clymer Kurtz’s English and Reading classes were busy taking reading, writing, and spelling assessments. This information provides the groundwork for our classroom instruction that follows.
Students in some classes delivered Box Speeches early in the six weeks as a way to introduce themselves and get to know their classmates.
During this six weeks students are also writing a personal narrative and learning about nouns in addition to having new spelling words. Reading instruction is focused on writing summaries using the reading strategy "Somebody Wanted But So." We are also reviewing plot structure and introducing the different types of conflicts that can appear in literature.
Along with that, students are practicing making predictions and making inferences with the books they choose to read independently and the stories read together in class. Finally, students are reviewing personification.
Students in some classes delivered Box Speeches early in the six weeks as a way to introduce themselves and get to know their classmates.
During this six weeks students are also writing a personal narrative and learning about nouns in addition to having new spelling words. Reading instruction is focused on writing summaries using the reading strategy "Somebody Wanted But So." We are also reviewing plot structure and introducing the different types of conflicts that can appear in literature.
Along with that, students are practicing making predictions and making inferences with the books they choose to read independently and the stories read together in class. Finally, students are reviewing personification.
What's Up in Science
This six weeks in Mrs. Nicholas' Science class, students are focusing on lab safety, the scientific method and measurements. All of these are very important concepts to know before learning about graphs and tables, microscopes, and careers in the Science field.
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