Welcome Back!

I am so excited to be back after a relaxing break with friends and family! We are already off to a great start here in room 215. We have spent some time reviewing our rules and procedures, but are also moving full speed ahead with math, reading, and writing. In writing today, we continued working on our expert pieces for our non-fiction unit. Before break, each student chose a topic for which they already know a lot about. Today, we brainstormed by doing a long write. Students wrote down everything they knew about their topic. Here are some examples:

Tomorrow, we will start looking at their long writes and putting their information into groups.  This will eventually become the table of contents for their piece. 

Students will be bringing information home today, but tomorrow will be our first late start due to the low temperatures. We will start exactly two hours late. The tardy bell will be ringing at 10:20. Lunch and dismissal will be at the regular times.