Hopefully everyone had a great weekend. As you know this week we have 2 half days this week. We have parent-teacher conferences on Wednesday and Thursday. If you haven't signed up for a conference, please do so. If you are not able to sign up, please email one of us and we will find a time that will work.
Conference Questionnaire
Last week your child went home with a conference questionnaire. You can also use the attached form below. This will help us to make the best use of our conference time. Please fill this out and return by Tuesday.
Immigration Interview
This week students were able to share their immigration stories with one another. They enjoyed getting the chance to share where their families had come from and how they arrived here in the United States. I do think that a lot of students were able to see connections among their stories and helped them to further understand the topic that we are learning here in school during Social Studies. Several groups were even excited to share with each other where their countries of origin were located on the map as you can see in the photograph below. Thank you so much for your support with this assignment.
Writing Workshop
During our very short week last week, we took some time to understand our next writing genre. We will be writing Literary Essays. The students spent time reading some examples of literary essays and seeing what they could notice. Taking time to really understand a new genre helps students to be more successful when they go to actually write their own literary essay. This week students will start to grow ideas about some of the picture books that they have been reading.
Book Orders
Book orders went out this week and are due next Friday. The class code is H3M9C. Feel free to order online or by sending in the slip.
We look forward to meeting with many of you during conferences this week.
Jen and Jaime
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