Good Afternoon,
A few quick notes for you from the Chameleon class.
Who can believe that there are only two and a half
weeks left of school before the winter break? It comes as no surprise, I’m
sure, that the next few weeks will be filled with hard work and assessments, as
well as an assortment of themed activities, to lighten the mood a little.
Almost all pupils have now started to publish their
final edited story. On Tuesday I showed pupils the rubric for the finished
edited piece, I will attach this to the newsletter email, I then proceeded to
hand out copies on Thursday. The first section of the rubric relates to
spelling and part of this calls for all ‘grade appropriate’ words to be spelled
correctly, rather than leaving this as a vague and ambiguous term we have given
out a list of words that we will consider as the ‘grade appropriate’ words for
this assessment. Pupils should be using this word list as they are editing to
ensure their spellings are accurate. I’ve been really pleased with the majority
of writing that I have seen; the level it has improved since their first draft
is remarkable.
In math we continued with our division pathway, we
broke down the tricky elements of written divisions and simplified them. I
taught two different methods which children could choose to use. Friday was the
last day that I allowed children to work on this pathway, I’m aware that there
are a couple of children who still haven’t finished; it would be helpful to them if
they completed this at home.
Next Friday we are going on a field trip to the Goethe
Haus in Frankfurt, attached to the newsletter email you will find a letter with
information regarding this trip. As well as that I have given copies of this
letter out to children today. After we have finished in the Goethe Haus we will
spend some time in the Christmas market, for this to be possible we require
some additional help from parents, if there is anyone who would be able to
assist us in this please contact myself by Wednesday.
Important Dates and Information:
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Thursday 8th December,
Formal Math Assessment (Multiplication and Division)
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Friday 9th December, Field
trip to the Goethe Haus.
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Friday 16th December,
Phorms Christmas Concert
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You are now able to buy tickets to
the Christmas performance. Each ticket is 5€, siblings of children can attend
for free.
Here is an overview of the areas of study we will
focus on throughout the first week back:
English:
I have now completed the revision check-ins and we are
already looking toward the Edit/Published check-in. I will start this as soon
as I possibly can, which will be dependent on children’s writing. This check-in
will be slightly different as I will be reading their published copy ahead of
time and then discussing the grading choices I’ve made with them. They will still
have a chance to discuss or argue their grades however this will be more
limited this time round.
I am also starting another round of ORT reading
assessments; this is one of the slightly longer assessments and will see exactly how pupils are doing in terms of their reading ability.
With everything going on next week I am prioritizing
math over english, therefore there will be less english sessions this week.
Math:
On Thursday we will be completing the multiplication
and division formal assessment.
Monday will be taken up by completing the check-in
related to the division pathway they have just finished.
On Tuesday I will be giving the pupils a practise test
in preparation for the formal assessment, then throughout Wednesday pupils will
be able to work on the questions that they struggled with.
Science:
Pupils will continue to research and inquire about
their chosen topic. They are now able to start working on their poster and
presentation. During the presentation they should be informing the class and me
on their topic; it should be an effective presentation that informs the class
at an appropriate level.
German:
Liebe
Eltern der Chamäleon-Klasse,diese Woche haben die Schüler weiterhin an ihren Reizwortgeschichten gearbeitet. Wir haben anhand eines Bildes besprochen, dass man Gefühle besonders anschaulich darstellen kann, wenn man auch die Mimik und Gestik einer Person beschreibt.
Freundliche Grüße und einen schönen 2. Advent
Agnes Fojcik
Have a wonderful weekend.
Sincerely,
Mario Civico and the entire Chameleon team.
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