The Kersey Chronicles
Rockstars Choosing to Matter in Room 25
Whole Class Novel Studies
This Week's Set List (Sept. 12-16)
Week at a Glance/Skills for the Week:
LITERACY – We will continue our continue our first unit which places an emphasis on interpreting character actions, dialogues, thoughts, and feelings. We finished The Rising Tiger by Kate DiCamillo during class read aloud, focusing on Rob's character development. This Friday, we began a class novel study using Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell as a mentor text to continue investigating complex characters. This novel also ties into our Social Studies unit as we explore how people adapt to their environment.
WRITING – We continue 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 of a story. This unit pairs very well with our reading unit, so students will see many comparisons and connections.
MATH – We finished Unit 2 this week, and began Unit 3 on Monday. This is our first geometry unit and we will focus on data analysis, geometric properties, angles, and figures as well as side and angle relationships in tessellations. The test will take place the week before Fall Break.
SPELLING – We will have the week 6 test this week on Thursday. Students have their spelling lists in their take home folders.
SCIENCE – No science this week.
SOCIAL STUDIES – We finished Unit 1, which explored Indiana's features - both the geography and the people. Students explored the various ways that people adapt to their external environments. We will use our whole class novel study of Island of the Blue Dolphins to discuss this in various content areas. In our next unit, we study Indiana's Early People and discuss 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.
TIPS - This week in TIPS, we will begin preparing our data binders and seesaw app for conferences. Students will practice presentations and reflect on their learning so far this year!
Upcoming Events
September 14th: Early Release Day
September 16th: Tiger Trek
September 22nd and 27th: Student-Led Conferences