Show, Don't Tell

In writers' workshop today, students worked together to think about how they can SHOW emotions.  They learned that sophisticated writers show their reader how they are feeling instead of coming right out and telling them.  For example, instead of writing, 'I was nervous.' Instead students would write, 'My stomach was in knots and I was biting my fingernails while I was waiting for my turn.' The students turned around and applied this new knowledge to their memoirs that they are writing on their chrome books. (see pictures below of students writing examples of showing.)

In math, students focused on exponents. In science, we are continuing to learn about the water cycle.

Homework:
-Study Link 2.2
-30 minutes of reading

Reminder:
- no school tomorrow
- book fair is happening all week
- Ice cream social on Thursday (10/13) from 5:30 - 7:00 pm