Week of May 26-29

This week, the 4th graders practiced public speaking with a fun warm-up activity.  I flashed a funny photo on the screen, and they had to pretend it was from a family photo album and explain what was going on.  See my personal favorite photo below!  We learned that good public speakers sometimes have to fake it 'til they make it!
We also worked on our persuasive speeches, getting them ready for next week's presentations.
HW: practice speech with note cards and slides each day and remember to work on the goal you set for yourself

In 3rd grade, we explored Blackout Poetry as a means to use powerful words within a text to create a poem.  I was blown away by the poems and messages my students uncovered.  Check out a couple below!

 Laughed so hard

No trouble

Good day

An answer to the question on the test

had become more important than being right

could anyone think?

maybe they had a clue

to the answer

HW: write blackout poem

*We also did the blackout poetry lesson in Mrs. Oshinski's and Ms. D'Aronzo's second grade classes.  Here are some poems from second graders!

Friendly
Quiet
I live in it
A good quiet
Friendly

This one is hard to make out, but I love the message:
Truth and gossip
is not the same thing

I wrapped my arms
crying so hard
I told him,
It's okay.
He was scared.
Everything will be okay.