The Wacky and Wild World of Wallace
November 8, 2019
A Celebration of Non-Fiction
Follett Book Fair!
Writing Workshop Enables Individualized Instruction
You may be wondering why we are using writing workshop for or writing instruction model. This week's topic about writing workshops from an article by the Partnership of Inquiry Learning may help answer some of your questions.
'Writing workshop uses conventions for audience'
In writing workshop, students have audiences beyond the classroom teacher and see how their writing affects others. They learn to use grammar and spelling conventions that enhance and clarify meaning in the texts they write. They learn to identify and choose punctuation, line breaks, diction and other conventions appropriate to the audience to ensure that texts are read as the writer intends. In this way writers learn that their words— and how they present those words— have the power to inform, persuade, move, entertain, challenge and profoundly impact readers.
A Moment with Mrs. Chadwell - The TCE Global Study Instructor
Library Volunteers
Library volunteers are needed to help with shelving and checking in books in our TCE Library. Volunteering in the library is fun and the schedule is flexible! If you are interested in volunteering, please reach out to Mrs. Hopper, TCE Librarian (lhopper@hse.k12.in.us).
*A safe visitor background check is required for all school volunteers. For more information on background checks, visit https://www.hseschools.org/services/other/school-safety/visiting-and-volunteering.
Important Information for Next The Week(s)
Mark Your Calendar!
November 8 - PTO Movie Night
November 26 - Spirit Day - TCE Spirit Wear
November 27 -29 - Thanksgiving Break
Next Week's Related Arts Schedule
Tuesday, November 5 - Day 3: Music
Wednesday, November 6 - Day 4: Art
Thursday, November 7 - Day 1: P.E.
Friday, November 8 - Day 2: Global Studies & Library
We Are Learning...
Reading
In reading this week we learned/reviewed the following skills/concepts when reading non-fiction: using the keywords within non-fiction to describe the books to others. This week our non-fiction readers learned that one of the best ways to know if you have learned a lot about a topic is to teach it to others. This week we used keywords from our books to teach our friends about the topic of our non-fiction book. This deeper depth of knowledge allowed us to read, process, and reproduce what we've learned about our topic. In our book clubs we have been focusing on the various craft moves that the authors have been including. We study those in order to gain a better understanding about our topic!
Writing
WE DID IT! That's right, we have now reached the end of our non-fiction writing unit and celebrated with a 2nd grade wide gallery walk. (Please see the aforementioned post to learn more about how we shared our original compositions of non-fiction literature with our friends)
Math
This week in math we focused on word problems. We identified key terms and information in word problems and decided if this information helped us to determine if the problem needed addition, subtraction, or both. We quickly learned that some times there will be information that isn't necessarily needed for us to solve a problem and that every word problem should be carefully read. Once we have done our math, we need to then check to see if the answer we came up with is the answer they were asking for and if it makes sense.
Hurricane Inquiry
The other hurricane groups are getting closer to completing their presentations as well. Two groups traveled to the Green Screen Room earlier in the week to discover different ways it could be implemented into their presentation while another group did a science experiment as part of their video presentation.
Mr. Matt Wallace
Email: mwallace@hse.k12.in.us
Location: 14642 E 126th St, Fishers, IN, United States
Phone: 317-594-4310
Twitter: @MrWallaceTeach