The Bond Brief
December 12, 2014
Computer Science Week
The Week in Review
Science: This week we focused on the transfer of energy. Today I introduced them to the Makey Makey, and they loved seeing how they could create a circuit and play a piano. Check out their website!
Reading: We are continuing with our Chapter Series Unit. This week we focused on patterns between the books in a series, particularly in the first chapter. We noticed that Magic Tree House books end the exact same in the first chapters. Today Mrs. Sheldon came and read a book to our class to celebrate Hannah being the Michigan Kid this week. We are also continuing to read and enjoy The Secret Zoo. I had stated that we are going to do a project on it, however, we are going to hold off and do it after the holidays since there is already a lot going on!
Writing: We are working on creating our own realistic fiction stories. This week the students were able to develop a character based on a photograph. It was neat to hear what they imagined the person like. We also learned how story mountains can help plan a story out, making sure the story builds to the climax (the most important event.)
Grammar: This week we worked with suffixes. We also tried to find examples of suffixes in our chapter series books.