Short and Sweet

Hello!

Happy Birthday Natalya! We hope you are enjoying your special day in Florida! Today we had great book club discussions about point of view. Students explored who was telling the story in their historical fiction book, and why the author chose that person. We talked about identifying with the storyteller, questioned whether the storyteller was a reliable source and how the novels would be different had each author chosen someone else to narrate. The kids are really getting into it. I always look forward to reading each person's notes from book club.

Tomorrow we are going to share our pop up books with Mrs. Missy's K-1 class. I know the younger students are very excited to see what the older kids have been up to. Hopefully we can share our books with the other K and 1 students next week. Mrs. Missy is already betting that her students will want to be making pop up books after they see ours. I will try and remember to bring my camera to document the event for you:-)

Remember to bring in your recorder order form for music tomorrow. When I find out class lists for Mix It Up, I will post it here, and outside of our classroom door. I should be getting the lists sometime tomorrow.

Keep up the great work you have been showing for the past several weeks. I am so proud of all you are learning.

Homework for tonight: Work on book club reading and packets, finish math, bring in an example of a stereotype in gender roles from the media by tomorrow. (Hint: think of what we talked about yesterday, and the list we made on the board today with examples from Blackbird Pond) Remember book projects and packets are due October 31!