This week in ELA we have been focused on raising the level of our written responses to text. We looked at samples of fifth graders' writing to see what they did well, what they could improve, and what ideas we could incorporate into our own readers' notebooks. Our students have been working hard in readers' workshop on making inferences in their books and finding strong evidence to support their ideas. At home you can ask them what they thoughts they're having about what their reading and them push them to say WHY they think that... I know you'll agree that they're really doing some great thinking!
Today we were lucky enough to have two famous poets, Sarah Holbrook and Michael Salinger, visit our school and talk to our fifth graders about writing. They shared different techniques for brainstorming topics, performed some of their own poems, and reminded us to always start with a "Version 1" ... and go from there! This week to prepare for their visit, students in A-010 read through some of their poems and chose a favorite to turn into an iMovie. This assignment gave students a chance to get to know the work of Holbrook and Salinger, match visuals to prose, and practice their fluency all at the same time. Be sure to ask your student to share their work with you!
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