Greetings,
Conferences are just around the corner. Today I sent home a confirmation letter proposing a time and date for your conferences based on your suggestions. Please detach the bottom and return ASAP. Beginning Monday, students will begin the preparation for Student Led Conferences.
Writing Workshop - For a week now we have been writing a Piece of Choice. Students have the freedom to choose genre and topic. We will use the writing process and the writing traits of Organization, Ideas, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency and Conventions. Some kids are choosing to write personal narratives, others poetry, short stories, or descriptive essays. My goal is to give a weekly feedback to the students myself and they are following revision guides in the five traits.
Reading - Reading homework continues. Reading homework went home tonight. All students understand that they are to read the short pieces aloud and answer the questions thoroughly with quality handwriting. 30 minutes or more of reading five nights a week is also expected. Thanks.
Social Studies - This week we explored agriculture. Why did civilizations evolve from hunter gathers to farmers. We will be discussing domesticating plants and animals, stable food supply and surplus.
Poetry Workshop to Benefit the 2012 Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest
Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Mindport, 210 Holly, Belligham.
10:30 - 12:30
Intergenerational Poetry
Instructor: Luther Allen
Collaborative poetry writing for pairs of people from different generations - kids and parents, kids and grandparents, adults and parents, maybe just someone you want to get to know better who's younger or older than yourself. The younger partner should be at least 10; a difference of at least 20 years is suggested. The instructor will lead the participants through a step-by-step process to create a collaborative poem. Cost: $44 for two intergeneration partners. To register, e-mail boyntonpoetrycontest. If you have any questions just ask me. I think I will attend. @hotmail.com
Thanks,
Tim Lucy
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