Weekly Updates 5/11-5/15

NEWS/EVENTS

• Farm permission slips for our trip to Stoneledge Farm were sent home today for our May 27th trip. Unfortunately bus students missed these, so I will make sure they receive a copy tomorrow. We will only be selecting two chaperones per class, as there is limited seating on our buses. Also, chaperones should know that they will most likely be separated from their children on this trip. For all big PS 11 trips, this has been the policy. By doing this the emphasis is more about safety and the coordination of the trip than spending one on one time with children. Thank you for your understanding in advance! If this still appeals to you, I will draw names by Friday to select the two chaperones. Priority will go to parents that have not yet attended a PS 11 field trip this year.
• The next family Friday (enrichment celebration) has been moved to June 12th. 
• We will most likely have an end of the year celebration for students and families. The date is TBD.
• May 19th is poetry night and our students have nominated our very own Alua to represent our class!

CURRICULUM

Reading: As we approach the end of our Mystery Book Clubs, this week we will spend the last bend of the unit reflecting on lessons learned from decisions our characters made, walking in the shoes of our detectives, and continuing to reflect on theories and ideas. Most students have read a minimum of two books in the series, and we hope to read at least one more by next week.

Writing: Now that students have their sights on the countries they would like to research and write about, we are focusing on goal setting and starting to write long about different sections.

Math: We are repeating the data collection process of asking a question, collecting data, organizing and representing data, describing and summarizing data, and interpreting the data but this time pictographs. We are considering the process as a whole and are working to develop more sophisticated questions that have a meaningful purpose.

Social Studies: Although I am still using Nigeria as a country to model strategies with during Writing Workshop, in the next week we are taking a Nigeria performance task and will then move on to Folk Tales Around the World.