Every week starting in Oct. students will be "The Flavor of The Week"! It's an All About ME Activity which lasts the entire week. But, beforehand...you and your child will work on filling in 12 scoops that will tell us all about him/her. It's a nice way to bond together while you decide how to fill in the scoops! The schedule is listed on the cover page of the "Flavor of the Week" packet. You will receive the scoops after Back-to-School Night since I things are just a tiny bit crazy these days. I need time to tweak it to fit our circumstances. Don't worry...instructions ARE included!
Current Events :
We are changing things up this year for a more productive current event activity. 1X a month the kids should write 1 or 2 sentences (3 sentences starting around January) concerning a special event. They will have a copybook specifically for Current Events that looks just like the Journals you covered. They will tell us about something in their family, neighborhood, town, school community, country, world, even the weather, etc. please attach a photo or draw and color a picture for us in the empty space @ the top of the page. PLEASE do not allow them to write about sensitive political issues or violent situations...thank you! dogonews.com is a great source if you need one!
AND...1X a month they will do a Show & Tell Current Event where they will write 3 clues about their item for the other kids to guess. They may bring in the item BUT, it MUST fit in a brown lunch bag which will sit in their backpacks until it's time to read the clues. I ask that nothing breakable or electronic be sent in. They can draw a picture of their Show and tell in the empty space.
So, only 2 Current Events are expected a month. I think it would be wise to read them both @ the same time...so, perhaps having them be prepared on the #day that matches their classroom #. It seemed to work last spring. In other words, if your child's classroom # is 1, then be prepared to read them on the 1st of every month. If your child's #is 23...be prepared on the 23rd of every month. As long as I have 2 per month...I am flexible! There will be a grade for Current Events...Speaking & Listening and a grade in Writing.