Happy Tuesday!
What a great morning we have had here. We are working on writing persuasively. Today, we wrote paragraphs from yesterday's graphic organizers. The students did a nice job using their transition words! ("First," "for example" "reason one, reason two").
Tonight the students are to create a "T-chart" graphic organizer for another topic. They were given a choice: Should the Washington Redskins change their name? or Should schools be "flipped?" We discussed both issues to help brainstorm some arguments for each topic. Over the long weekend, this will need to be written as a paragraph. [I will give feedback on the organizers for every student who brings it to me].
As a sidenote, we are really focusing on following directions in both classes to ensure that instructional time isn't lost due to chattiness. Take a minute to discuss your child's focus in class--is she/he on task and working hard? What strategies could we use to help improve focus?
Have a great night!
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