Similes, Southeast and More!

This week, we had students perform a skit to introduce the lesson on similes. Thank you to Cooper, Amelia, Charlie and Ellie. The students enjoyed finding all the similes in the script, as well as writing some of their own.

I also shared one of my favorite picture books, All the Places to Love, which is chock full of similes. We will try incorporating some in a writing project next week!

In social studies, this week, we read all about the Southeast region of the U.S. Students learned about the mountains and rivers, as well as the culture and the crops. They finished labeling the states and capitals, and practiced their map skills, too.

We read two exciting chapters of Charlotte’s Web and created final drafts of our first few diary entries. Students enjoy the opportunity to be creative while writing from the point of view or Wilbur or Charlotte.

In addition, we learned the last few words on our spelling-vocabulary list and three more morphemes.

Today we celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) with an awesome assembly. It was full of students speaking Spanish, songs, drums, and dance.

In Morning Meeting this week, the students enjoyed games of Don’t Guess the Word, 20 Questions, 4 Corners, and Strong Person, Pirate Game, Hula Dancer. They also shared about rules they have for technology at home, favorite movies and more.