Can you believe there's only 6 weeks left until the end of the school year? I sure can't!!
In Language Arts over the next 6 weeks we will be focusing on literature circles and poetry. This week we previewed 13 or 14 books and voted on 6 of them to form literature circles. I was able to give everybody their first or second choice so I hope nobody's disappointed. Because the class is reading 6 different novels this time, our groups are all made up of 3 or 4 students. They met with their circle today to plan out a reading schedule which should have been brought home, along with their novel, today. Our first literature circle meeting will be on Wednesday so they should have their reading and their role sheet completed by then.
Reading their novel for their literature circle is, of course, counted as part of their reading on their weekly contract. Please make sure to total up the pages and minutes read over the last week and send the contract back on Monday. We're keeping a tally of how many pages we've read as class. After this week we should be well over 12, 000.
Our literature circles will meet on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until June 10.Then we will be putting together a photo story about their novel. At the end of each literature circle discussion, they will select the most important scene from that day's reading and plan how to stage a photograph of it using toys and props they have around the house or classroom. They will bring the required materials to the next class and take the photo before they begin that day's discussion. I will download and organize the photos and hold on to them until the books are finished. We should have some interesting videos when we're done!
In between literature circle meetings we will be using poetry to learn about literary tools and devices such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphors and similes, personification, hyperbole, and idioms. We will study poems demonstrating each of these concepts and then the students will write a poem of their own. Hopefully, by the end of it, we will have a wonderful book of poetry to share!
We will also be hosting a Poetry Recital on Tuesday, May 24. The students have each selected a poem (minimum 10 lines) to memorize and rehearse for their performance. They've been asked to put lots of expression into their recitation. I can't wait to see them!!
Have a good weekend!
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