Our focus at school this year is literacy across disciplines, in the hopes of helping our students with comprehension from math to science and of course literature. For the first time, I am teaching a 7-8 literature class and have the wonderful opportunity to collaborate with our 1st grade teacher and have our studnets work together once a week.
As a kick off, we decided to stage a crime scene. We wanted to have the older kids help the younger one's take notes, collect evidence, use some deductive reasoning and have a little fun as they got to know each other. What a hit! The kids, older and younger loved it!
As a kick off, we decided to stage a crime scene. We wanted to have the older kids help the younger one's take notes, collect evidence, use some deductive reasoning and have a little fun as they got to know each other. What a hit! The kids, older and younger loved it!
Many of them have approached both Mrs. Miller and myself ourside of class with their "theories" of who-dun-it.
I'm really excited about the potential we have to teach these kids in a fun and engaging way. Mrs. Miller, who has been teaching over 20 years, has endless ideas about joint projects that we can do.
What a great start to a great year!
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