Hello families of P. 13:
I'd just like to keep everyone up-to-date about important assignments that are due.
For Media, students have been working on analysing songs that deal with "Change". We are now creating CD covers/booklets that show images/words/messages from the songs. The final product is due on Friday, May 4. Students have had several hours in-class to work on this, and have one more in-class work session tomorrow (Tuesday, May 1).
Next week, students will sign up for a day to do a Book Talk (May 7 - 11). Students should have read a chapter book/novel that is appropriate for their level of reading. They are to present their book to the class in a creative way (power point presentation, poster that sells the book, radio or TV ad for the book, newspaper, puppet show, triorama or diorama that shows important characters/scenes from the book, letters to the author or characters, a talk show, a mobile, a comic strip, a story board, etc.). Their book talk should include all the important aspects of a narrative (characters, setting, plot, problem/solution), and should show their understanding of point of view (whose side of the story is being told), and opinion (why did do characters do the things they did, why is the setting important, how they relate to the book and why). Their Book Talk should not just be a re-tell of the story. It should show a deeper understanding of the messages in the book, what the characters are like as people, how they connect to people or situations in the book, what inferences they can make (e.g., the author may have had a similar experience as a child. I can tell this because in the book.....). Students have had several hours in class to work on this in class, and will have one more work session tomorrow (Tuesday, May 1).
On Friday, May 4, there is also a Math assignment due. Students were to create a petting zoo with several enclosures for various animals. They had to show the appropriate dimensions for that size animal, and calculate the perimeter and area of each animal enclosure. Once again, students had several hours in-class to work on this, and must now finish at home.
Thank you for your continued support of your child's work.
Ms. Bordonaro
