This week the students will learn about the first colonies set up in the Americas. We will begin our journey with the story of Roanoke. The students will be responsible for summarizing the events at Roanoke as well as developing their own theory as to what happened at the mysterious colony. Later in the week, the students will learn about Jamestown and the Plymouth Colony.

 

Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. 

No school November 26-28

Weekly Happenings

The students are continuing their work with Main Idea and Details as well as Verb Tenses while reading our current novel study, Graveyard Girl. The students are also currently working in their Elmwood writing in which they have become a docent at Elmwood and must take their reader on a tour of the historic grounds using the notes they took at our Being There Experience. They are all really engaged in this writing assignment! I am looking forward to seeing the final products soon!

Check out the Flocabulary video below to review the rap song we listened to in class!
Main Idea Rap

 

We will continue reading our current novel, Graveyard Girl, this week while focusing on main idea and details. The students will be exposed to a variety of different text (narrative and nonfiction) as we discover how to analyze and identify the main idea. 

Graveyard Girl

The students are currently working on tracing the routes of major explorers. Immediately following the explorer project the students will begin reading Graveyard Girl. There is more to come on this riveting novel that ties standard driven reading skills with the historic culture of Memphis. Updates on vocabulary words will come as soon as the explorer route project is completed (eta: Monday evening). If you have not read this novel or experienced the wonder of Elmwood Cemetery, you are definitely in for a treat!