This was a very eventful week. It started with a mock courtroom experience to help us practice our persuasive writing strategies. We used the OREO method to help us in two cases. Dogs are better vs. cats are better and indoor recess is better vs. outdoor recess is better. OREO stands for opinion, reasons, examples, opinion. This activity helped us to see just how effective it was to restate our opinion multiple times as well as give many reasons and examples to make a strong argument and persuade your audience. We even had a real lawyer (Benjamins dad) come in for the mock courtroom and tell us how important giving many reasons and examples is when building your case! On Thursday we had our student led conferences that I don't need to talk much about because you were there! Every single child had someone there to share their work and growth with! This makes my teacher heart so happy. Watching you and your children made me beam!!! And of course we had STEM day today where students got to exercise their engineering skills. Students used the process of asking, imagining, planning, creating, and improving to 1. make a roller coaster that could get a ping pong ball from a starting point to an ending point then 2. make a bridge that could hold 100 pennies. For more pictures click the science tab!
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This is my seventh year at HFE. I love teaching, reading, writing, traveling, and sushi Archives
April 2021
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