This week we've been busy exploring our new Unit of Inquiry on imagination. We've learned that we express ourselves in many ways and have explored expression through creating, drawing, movement and writing. We used movement to imagine that we were a variety of different objects and animals. As we continued exploring this, students became bigger risk-takers, demonstrating great imagination.
With this new Unit we have also started a new writing unit focusing on fiction. We have read many fiction stories and have examined the way authors and illustrators express their ideas to make their books enjoyable for their readers. KG-M students have made incredible gains in writing and are proudly writing decodable words and sight words independently to form complete sentences and multiple-page books. They have been working hard at being creative to write unique stories, and are focusing on beginning their pieces in a way that captures the reader's attention. We have also looked at story structure and how every story has a beginning, middle and end. We are noticing that in most stories the middle part contains a problem that is then resolved at the end. Ask your child what his/her book is about!
This week we also celebrated Zibrail's birthday. His mom brought in a very delicious chocolate cake that we all enjoyed. Happy 6th birthday, Zibrail!
I LOVE this unit of inquiry and applaud the inclusion of movement and multi-media expression, as well as exploration of story structure. So impressive, and good job kids!
ReplyDeleteChase's mom, Louise