Weekly Update: November 18th - 22nd

Happy Friday!

Here is a look at one of the tasks we did this week: Perspective Writing.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop creative expression through the use of organizational processes, methods, and tools.
• Reread written texts to identify what could be added or deleted to enhance creative expression.
• Edit writing for spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
• Compare or contrast aspects of texts within an individual text or between multiple texts.
• Examine the narrator’s point of view in texts.
• Create imaginative representations or dramatizations of fictional texts that depict point of view.

This week we reviewed the fairytales "The Three Little Pigs," "Cinderella," and "Goldilocks and the Three Little Bears." We then looked at these stories from one of the character's point of view such as "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" told by the wolf, and saw the story from a different perspective.  We also listened to "Seriously, Cinderella is SO annoying," a version of the story told by the wicked stepmother.  Students got to see that while the main events in the story stayed the same, the characters each have their own perspective and version of the events.  Now, our students are working on retelling "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" from one of the character's perspectives.  They are busily working on creating their story map (planning their setting, characters, main events, problem and solution), rough copies and then editing their work before working on their good copy.  We are excited to share our work with you next week at conferences, even if the good copies are not completed by then.

Reminders:

- Please book a time for Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences online using PowerSchool.

- Field trip forms will be coming home on Monday. Please read, sign, and return Confluence Field Trip Forms ASAP.

Have a wonderful weekend!
-Ms. Mostaghel 😁