October 24 - November 4 (Week 10 -11)

Week 10 – 11 (October 24 – November 4)

We Pink We Can

We had a blast walking and chanting in our pink to support the awareness of breast cancer! The school raised over $1,000 to help support the research of a cure.

Farm to Table

Thanks to some amazing chefs, the kids have learned some techniques for healthier eating! 

Explores of SC

We’ve been studying the first explorers of SC and the effects they had our state for quite some time now. Through studying these explorers the students learned how to take quick notes with the help of the step up to writing chart and summarizing through a paragraph. My hopes are that this process of note taking and summarizing will carry over into new concepts that we look into and that they will be able to note take and summarize independently before the end of the school year.

The kids also created skits to present to the class as a way to help them remember the different explorers and their effect on SC.

Which Natural Disaster Do You Think Is The Most Dangerous?

After looking at the many types of natural disasters that have affected our state and knowing that the kids were not ready to move on from this, I thought it a perfect opportunity have them write an opinion piece. I presented the kids with the question Which natural disaster do you think is the most dangerous? They then went through the author’s process and created their response to the question. We used this opportunity to talk about staying on topic, fact vs. opinion, hooks, closing sentences, and writing to an audience. These wonderful published pieces can be found outside of our classroom on our bulletin board! Please come check them out!!!

Extracurricular Activities

Christopher before his boxing match!

Basketball at recess!