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The period 1 class now has enough tickets to go skating! The next open skate is this this Sunday (January 15) from 9:30 - 10:30. We'll plan to meet at the Steele Hall Rink. It's an open skate for the Fredonia-Pomfret Rec. Department so the entry fee is paid by them. Children can rent skates for $4.00. Then, we want to walk to Starbucks (on campus) for hot chocolate. (They will need some extra money for that as well.) I hope this plan works out for most of you. You are welcome to stay with us and join in the fun, but that's not mandatory. I would just ask that you pick up your child by 11:30 at Starbucks. If you have any questions, you can call me at home. My number is 672-8850.

The children wrote persuasive essays this week on the topic of snowdays. They had to argue for having them as surprise days throughout the winter (Not that it's an issue this year!) or saving them for Memorial Day weekend.

We're now working on reading nonfiction sources to get information on wolves. They will write a short expository essay on the general information they've learned about wolves. Then we'll study more about the controversy surrounding the reintroduction of wolves into some areas of the country. They will take a side on this issue and argue it (on paper), using information they've gleaned from their readings to support the stance they choose. This is our first attempt at this kind of project, but I'm excited about watching them learn from it.

The children continue to read for at least 40 minutes each evening in their AR books. I'm not reading a novel to the class right now. Instead, we've again reviewed text features for nonfiction reading. I showed them how much information they can glean from a text just from reading headings, captions, graphs, etc. We will continue with this nonfiction concentration for quite a while in order to be in compliance with the Core Curriculum expectations.


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