Blogging Hiatus!

My apologies for the lack of posts! I was out at an in-service workshop on Thursday, Friday was PT interviews, and I was not in school yesterday because I was having my ultrasound and my daughter's babysitter was sick.

Recap:
Thursday:
Silent Reading: 20 minutes
Students worked on 6 Trait posters (group)

Monday:
Reading 20 minutes
Passed out criteria for midterm assessment (oral presentation -- 6 Traits)
Students continued to work on individual and group posters (group poster presentations are tomorrow and individual posters are due either tomorrow or Thursday (if you aren't going to be here Thursday, be sure to pass yours in on Wednesday!)

Today (Tuesday, March 30th)
Passed out rubrics for 6 Traits posters (individual)
Passed out rubrics for the midterm oral presentation
Went over criteria for the oral presentation
Went over 6 Traits of Writing
Activity: Deconstruct the assigned paragraph (Dan Brown's Davinci Code) --> Worked in groups to complete this activity.
Due Wed: Grp posters