The Power of Persuasion
We have continued our study of persuasive writing. Most of the kids are finishing their final drafts of our first opinion piece. Many have begun thinking of a topic that they feel strongly about and that they could research to further develop their ideas. They will use their research to write a persuasive speech on this topic, and hopefully we will continue our work with these ideas next year in a project format.
As we have continued our study of magnets, the kids have paired up to design a magnetic invention. They worked together this week to discuss and sketch out their inventions based on all the information we have learned in this unit. Now they are beginning to plan and write a commercial to persuade customers to buy their inventions. To prepare for this, we watched several commercials together to identify strategies commercials use to win you over. Some of our favorite commericals were for OxyClean and the Chill Chest. Ask your child about these... you are sure to have a few laughs! This was a fun way to improve our writing skills.
We wrapped up book clubs and will begin a new author study this week. In math, we will revisit repeated addition and area models while continuing our work with multi-step word problems.
Don't forget this Friday is Splash Day. Check Center Connections for details.
Important Dates
May 21 SC PASS, grade 4 & 5
May 24 Splash Day @ 1:30
May 27 Memorial Day Holiday
May 31 5th Grade Graduation @ 9:00
June 4 5th Grade Showcase of Projects
June 5 11:30 Dismissal (no AfterCare)
June 6 11:30 Dismissal (no AfterCare) Last Day of School
June 7 Teacher Workday
June 17-20 End of Year/Progress Reports Pick-up
Here our friends are sharing their thoughts during book clubs.
Testing out possibiilities for our magnet inventions...
Fun with our friends at the CFI Dance...
