Often the best way to get to know both the students and teachers is through language arts.  A favorite tradition in E6, is to start the year with an art piece that highlights the unique qualities and interests of each student.  This year the students completed a tee-shirt design following the artist Piet Mondrian.  Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was a Dutch artist best known for his abstract paintings.  His work influenced later artists and designers in architecture, furniture, and fashion.  Enjoy looking through our slideshow and getting to know the students and teachers of E6. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Fh9VUJoY_qdeKUH8ZGBZlcL84VqD2zDG1n_0SKtX-To/edit?usp=sharing

We are all writers…

We launched our Writers’ Workshop and kids enjoyed brainstorming and sharing their thoughts about writing.  Ms. Heather posed four questions.  What do we write?  Why do we write?  How do we prepare for writing?  What have you written?  Anything with post-it notes gets the kids involved.  Here is a sample of some of their answers.

“To express our feelings and emotions”

“It’s a way of communication and it’s fun!”

“To be creative”

“To tell stories about life”

“I have written lots of comic strips”

“To plan for writing I use bubble maps and brainstorming.”

Visit our photo galleries to see examples of our students’ writing.  Next up in writers’ workshop – fantasy writing!

Practice Real Reading

This past week was reading week and we started with a reading strategy lesson that focused on metacognition.  Students practiced “thinking about thinking” as they read.  Students and teachers shared examples of real reading and examples of fake reading.  We use this lesson as we begin to meet for reading groups.  Practicing real reading helps students with plot and character predictions, questioning and inference, and overall comprehension.  The kids and teachers of E6 love reading together.💓

Looking forward to the month of September and we focus on US geography and state research projects.  In science, our study of ecology will focus on the levels of organization within ecosystems.  Our next blog will feature pictures of their progress.  Please visit our photo galleries!

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