Take a Peek at Our Week!

In lang & lit, we continued to work with our argument planner. Students were given new debatable topics and collected evidence for BOTH sides of the debate across multiple texts in order to determine where they stood. We also added bias to our discussions this week! We practiced identifying bias in multiple examples and talked about its impact on the overall validity of an argument.

We finished our informational writing assessments this week after our unexpected snow day! Students were given their scores and recorded them on their Chromebooks for your review. I do not send home writing assessments as they need to be passed along to sixth grade in the students' literacy portfolios. In order to view your child's writing, you will need to access their Informational Google Classroom and bring up the assessment assignment (your kiddo knows where to find it!). You will also see their scores in a Google doc and a rubric for an explanation of each score. Additionally, I sent home your child's scored I&S research that they used to write their essays. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out! :-) 

Instead of starting our next I&S planner (government) before break, we utilized our time to unpack our newest writing genre-Argument! This will set us up to start writing argument essays when we return from break! Students worked with a partner to put the argument rubric into student friendly language in order to help us understand the expectations for the genre. We also took a survey to identify which areas we are already comfortable with as they are similar to informational writing and which areas are new to us! 

On Friday, we had some special treats for Valentine's Day! Nothing like a little sugar to make us smile. :-)  I can't believe our winter break has arrived! I hope everyone has a relaxing and enjoyable week with their families. Stay warm!

Have a fantastic break, 

Mrs. Carr