Newsletter 07.10.16

Good Afternoon,

A few quick notes for you from the Chameleon class. 

Due to the holiday on Monday we have had slightly less lesson time for English writing and reading this week, however we have still achieved a lot.

Pupils were given a rubric in writers workshop. This is the rubric that I will using to assess children’s drafts and plans during the first check in, which will take place the week after the October break. Pupils have also looked at how writing a strong introduction can draw your reader into the story, in a powerful way.

Pupils also had the chance to go back into the library this week and I was thrilled to see how many children returned and took out books. I’m excited that reading is becoming a grounded part of the Chameleon class’s daily life.

In man the pupils did an amazing thing, I handed out the subtraction pathway on Tuesday and almost all pupils have now finished it on Friday! This means that on Monday we will do a couple of check-in quizzed to ensure that pupils have understood the work. Those pupils who have not finished by now will be required to catch up a little at home over the weekend. 

Important Dates:

-          13^th October, Math formal assessment.

Here is an overview of the areas of study we will focus on during the coming week:

English:

This week in writer’s workshop we will be looking at how an ending can be the most important part of a story. We will look at a variety of endings from different mentor texts and notice what they do to complete their story. This will be an important task that children will need to use for the first formal conference after the October break.

Children will continue to read a lot during the readers workshop sessions, however it is important that they are also making small notes about the books they are reading. Currently children are not doing this and then when it comes to share their thoughts on the books, they struggle to truly analyze an aspect. 

Math:

We have now spent all the class time that we can on the subtraction pathway, the majority of pupils have finished this. On Monday we will complete the subtraction check-ins which tie to this pathway. Next week we will be reviewing everything that has been covered in the first 5 weeks of school to ensure that pupils are ready for the assessment on Thursday.

Science:

Within science this week we will look again at capital cities briefly, thinking about how to organize a timeline and what could be an event in one city but not in another based upon the culture of the country and people who live in it.

We will then review everything studied up to this point, continents, religions, political styles and capital cities, ready for a brief check in quiz.  

Humanities:

Pupils will think about the idea of a growth mindset and think about how having this can help them in their everyday life.

Art:

This week children we will think about children’s dreams and they will take time to generate a list of the dreams they’ve been having recently.  

We will then start to look at a surrealist movement of artists and how that style could be used in their final project.

German:

Liebe Eltern der Chamäleon-Klasse,

in dieser Woche haben wir uns auf das Einüben der Lernwörter konzentriert sowie die wichtigsten Inhalte der Klassenarbeit wiederholt.

Der Lernwörtertest findet am Freitag, den 14. Oktober, statt. 25-30 der 40 Lernwörter werden in einen zusammenhängen 120-150 Wörter langen Text integriert. Dieser Text wird in Diktatform abgeprüft und im Gesamten bewertet. Somit fließen auch Fehler bei „Nicht-Lernwörtern“ in die Bewertung mit ein. Die Ergebnisse der Lernwörterdiktate fließen in die mündliche Note mit ein. 

Desweiteren haben die Schüler ihre Zugangsdaten für das Online-Portal Antolin erhalten. Dieses Portal zur Leseförderung ist unter https://www.antolin.de/ aufrufbar. Die Schülerinnen und Schüler sollen pro Monat mindestens ein deutschsprachiges, altersgerechtes Buch lesen und anschließend Fragen auf dem Portal beantworten. Im Anhang finden Sie weitere Informationen zur Nutzung von Antolin.

Herzliche Grüße und ein erholsames Wochenende

Agnes Fojcik

Sports:

In this coming week we will be completing our last endurance run session. Pupils will be pushing themselves and seeing what their max running time is.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Sincerely,

Mario Civico and the entire Chameleon team.