The Kersey Chronicles
Rockstars Choosing to Matter in Room 25
Socktober
Pumpkin Math
This Week's Set List (October 3-7)
Week at a Glance/Skills for the Week:
LITERACY – We will transfer our knowledge about character interpretations by sharing the untold stories of characters in podcasts! We can choose characters from The Tiger Rising or Island of the Blue Dolphins to highlight complex characters. This novel also ties into our Social Studies unit as we explore how people adapt to their environment.
WRITING – We will finish our fictional narrative writing unit called The Arc of a Story where we learn to develop characters who change, grow, and learn lessons as they follow the plot line of a story. This unit pairs very well with our reading unit, so students will see many comparisons and connections.
MATH – We will review math skills we have learned up to this point, and will partake in a fun pumpkin math activity on Wednesday to practice finding data landmarks. I appreciate donations for a pumpkin to our class for this activity - thank you!
SPELLING – We will have the week 7 test this week on Thursday. Students have their spelling lists in their take home folders.
SCIENCE – We will have our first engineering unit this week!
SOCIAL STUDIES – We are studying Indiana's Early People and discussing how groups of people adapt or handle conflict with other groups of people. Students will create an informational brochure about a Native American tribe from Indiana. We are also reading Island of the Blue Dolphins which provides a relevant text to examine these themes as well.
TIPS - This week in TIPS, we will work on additional reading strategies and skills.
Upcoming Events
October 7th: Fall Party, 2:15pm
October 8th-23rd: Fall Break