Wrapping up the Week

Wrapping up the Week:

Students, we have had a great time identifying our preferred learning style. In addition, I am proud of how you have applied the Superintendent's Super Six Reading Strategies to construct meaning in text. You have shown effective use of your Metacognitive skills.

Thursday and Friday, we will take the District's Writing Prompt Assessment - first one for the school year. Afterwards, we will finish illustrating our Super Six Hero characters and finalize how each class will present the Multiple Intelligences data. Wow! We are off to a great start.

Next Week:

Open House is Tuesday, September 6, 2011, @ 6pm.

Homework for the week 8/29

Homework for the week of August 29, 2011

Required 30-minute Reading and Journal Entry

A Day Students: Complete "Our Deepest Fear" Comprehension sheet. Assignment is due Thursday, September 1, 2011.

B Day Students: Complete "Our Deepest Fear" Comprehension representation using words and/or pictures. Ensure your product reflects or aligns with the main idea of the poem. Assignment is due Friday, September 2, 2011.

Required Daily Homework

Required Daily Homework - 30-minute Reading and Journal Entry
 Response Guide:
Monday – focus on Predicting & Proving
Tuesday – focus on Making Connections
Wednesday – focus on Characterization
Thursday – focus on Mood and Tone
Friday – focus on unfamiliar Vocabulary words

Weekends are no longer required. Enjoy!

Note: Your journal entry response must be at least five (5) sentences. Ensure your entry reflects that day’s focus.

Our Deepest Fear

Students, allow me to share one of my favorite poems.

Our Deepest Fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness,
that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually who are we not to be?

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people
won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine as children do.
We were born to make manifest
the glory that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And when we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

By Marriane Williamson

Welcome Students,

We had a great week of learning one another. I appreciate you completing the Multiple Intelligences Assessment. Knowing your preferred learning style is powerful.

Homework for the week of August 29th:
Reading 30-minutes daily.
Complete journal response. Refer to the Curriculum Paper for daily journal requirements.