Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!! Happy Holidays to Ravenna students and their families!
My wish is that you find joy in the simple things and spend some quality time together having fun with family and friends.
The Computer classes will be using the story The Mitten by Jan Brett as a focus for the lessons this week. Students in 1st and 2nd grades will draw a mitten and find stickers of animals to put into the mitten. Older students will use The Mitten as a language arts activity and describe what happens next to the animals, the mitten Baba and Nikki.
We will use the following sites for reference and fun.
Jan Brett Home Page
Jan Brett Computer Games
Animals from The Mitten
Thematic Unit for Teachers/Parents and The Mitten
Links to 5th Grade Bully Comics: We made these in class last week, check them out!
Megan’s Comic
Hayley’s Comic
Maddie’s Comic
Brenden’s Comic
Polar Express sites we are using this week in Computers:
Polar Express Lesson Ideas
Polar Express Online Story
Chris VanAllsburg Site
We will be creating Word Pictures after reading The Polar Express in class. For example, the students will be asked to type a statement (It broke my heart to lose the bell.) and draw a picture to illustrate it. Look for student examples on the blog next week. The younger students in grades 1 &2 will design a bell of their own from the story.
PE: Classes will continue to work on basic locomotor skills and holiday fitness activities.
5th Grade Health: We will continue with lessons on Social and Emotional Health, including giving and receiving compliments, handling bullying and harassment, speaking with respect, and visiting the Computer Lab to make a comic about bulling. We will use the site listed under the Blogroll at the right.
