Mrs. Sieman's Newsletter
November 8, 2019
A Celebration of Non-Fiction
Cold Weather
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 26 - Spirit Day - TCE Spirit Wear
November 27 -29 - Thanksgiving Break
Next Week's Related Arts Schedule
Tuesday, November 5 - Day 3: P.E.
Wednesday, November 6 - Day 4: Global Studies
Thursday, November 7 - Day 1: Music
Friday, November 8 - Day 2: Art
We Are Learning...
Reading
We continued talking about reading nonfiction works and how to tell if the information we are finding in these types of books are relevant or coming from a reliable source. We discussed that when we are researching a topic and writing down a note, it is a good practice to fact check the information we are receiving. If we find the same fact, or very similar fact, in two different sources then we can reasonably assume that we have the correct information. We also learned that when becoming an expert on a topic, you will likely have to read many books across that one topic. Each book will give more information and deepen your understanding!
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 continued our study of subtraction with regrouping! Next week, we will focus on subtracting across the zeros with subtraction!
Inquiry - Rabbits
Our Mystery Doug this week was, "Who Created the Constellations?"
Lindsey Sieman
Email: lsieman@hse.k12.in.us
Location: 14642 E 126th St, Fishers, IN, United States
Phone: 317-594-4310
Twitter: @LindseySieman