Well, we've made it through another great year at CHAT. I know that these great students learned a lot -- just compare their first essays with their final ones!
Even though I had a full day planned for the class, we didn't skip the Quick Write. Thursday was the 159th anniversary of Minnesota's statehood, the day that SPAM was produced, and National Eat What you Want Day. Students could write about any of the choices.
We didn't do any Words of the Day this week. I wanted to make sure we had time for the rest of our activities.
I handed back all the homework that I had graded, and students handed in their Spring Grammar Tests along with any other homework that they had for me. If there is still any homework left to be handed in, I will take it until next Thursday (May 18). After that, I will send out grades. I'm not planning on returning any worksheets, etc. unless a student notifies me.Now for the fun stuff ...
We finished our Poetry Jam. Last week the class decided that they would all like to participate in Round 2 of our competition. So, all students recited again while their classmates judged. The results:
First Place -- Team 4 (Grace, Gavin, Samuel, Leah)
Second Place -- Team 2 (Maggie, Isabel, Brady)
Third Place -- Team 1 (William, Ashley, Jean-Marc, Abby)
Fourth Place -- Team 3 (Jack, Daniel)
We had one more poetic activity for the class. We divided up Dr. Seuss's "One Fish, Two Fish" and read it as a rap, complete with a rap music accompaniment. They did a great job!
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Remaining in our teams, the class then played a Jeopardy game with questions related to the grammar, writing, and literature that we've covered this year.
I'm pretty proud of these kids. They've written well, engaged well in class discussions, worked hard on homework, and been generally great all-around kids. We had a marvelous year reading and writing!
Assignments for Next Week:
-- ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!
This week's links:
Class Notes
Have a great summer!
Mrs. Prichard
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