October 26th - October 30th

Writing:

• We wrote a flash draft of a Halloween essay. MR
• We started to organize the structure of our writing into paragraphs using Essay Bootcamp. CH
• We are beginning to draft mini stories as evidence for our reasons. AD
• We made folders and used post-it notes to help us organize the different parts of our essay. LD
• We developed three reasons for our Halloween essay at home for homework. WM
• We developed our final thesis statement and 3 supports. CL

Reading:

• We are reading nonfiction and noticing how an author has structured their text. BV
• We learned a few new strategies to help us organize our new learning within nonfiction. LS
• We are reading short texts and trying to tackle nonfiction! CH
• We are learning how to tackle tricky words by looking around the word or looking in the word. GG

Math:

• We worked on a Halloween logic problem today trying to figure out WHO wore WHAT costume. CN
• We came up with our own survey questions and went to survey our group. VS
• We then organized all of our data and analyzed the results. AA

Halloween:

• We had a Halloween party and watched the kindergarten Halloween parade. JW
• We played BINGO and had candy prizes.