Social Studies: God Grew Tired of Us Documentary & Refugees Language Arts: Home of the Brave Math: Area of a Triangle Continued Poetry Continued This week we watched an incredible film called "God Grew Tired of Us", which is about the Lost Boys of Sudan. The character of our book Home of the Brave is a fictional character who represents many nonfictional people in history who were lost boys themselves. I highly recommend this documentary to you all. I did skip a few more graphic scenes towards the beginning, since I did not feel the fifth graders needed visuals to fully understand the gravity of the situation these young men were in. We continue to read Home of the Brave in school. We also are continuing to write some poetry, which will end up in the school poetry anthology, called the Friendly Falcon. Also, we did a poetry scavenger hunt on Thursday! I gave students books and collections of poems from picture books to Walt Whitman. They then had to find a poem about nature, a poem with alliteration, and a poem written by an African-American author, to name a few. It was a wonderful way to expose them to many types of poetry, and poets in one sitting. We are continuing to practice finding area of triangles, working on increasingly challenging problems and thinking in new ways. This unit in particular seems to combine so many of the skills and methods we have been learning and practicing throughout the whole school year!
ERB scores are in, and Jamie Ross Cory has results. To view results and to discuss, please make an appointment with her through Jeanne Machado by emailing her here: [email protected] . I hope you enjoy your extra long weekends, folks! As always, please reach out to me with any questions or concerns.
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