Fables, Myths, and Fairytales!

We started our unit on myths, Fairy tales, folk tales, and fables. So far, we have learned about the characteristics that you usually find in Fairy tales, myths, and fables. For example, fables usually have animals as main characters, use personification, and teach a moral. Today in reading we read some familiar fables, such as The Tortoise and the Hare. We also read a few unfamiliar fables, such as The Grasshopper and the Ant. The students enjoyed trying to figure out the moral of the fables. Tomorrow we will learn about tall tales.

In writing we are busy getting ready for our Writing Celebration on Friday. Students have making last make changes to their writing and practicing reading their biographies and informational texts. Remember the Writing Celebration is this Friday 8:45 to 9:45. We hope to see you there! The students and I are so excited for you to hear what they have written.

                                                     

                                        Madelene reads her informational text to Ashley

                                       Cordelia reads her book about cellos to Georgia

                                   Craig listens to Bianca's book about horses

                                                  Alexis shares her book with Abby

                        Kirsten and Marcus put finishing touches on their biographies

                                                     Michaela finishes her biography

In math we continue our work with fractions. Today we learned how to order fractions from least to greatest or greatest to least.

 Besides our Fairy Tales unit,we also spent some time preparing MCAS. Today we practiced the skill of going back into the text to look for evidence to support our answer.

Have a great night! Remember to fill someone's bucket.