The team is revising their individual Where I'm From poems this week and adding images that symbolize parts of their poems.
Here's an excerpt of one of our student's poems.
Where I'm From
I’m from beaten-up Ghostbusters posters, peeling off the walls.
From Nerd memorabilia and Geeky T-shirts.
I’m from Long-lost friends on a Thanksgiving morning, Fall breeze soft and cold.
From Gathering around a barbecue for warmth, mouths watering over the food.
I’m from a sunlit playground, seen through a classroom window.
From absent-minded doodling in the margins of a math quiz.
I’m from Airport layovers in a Starbucks at midnight.
From departures and arrivals, people and places.
I’m from whispers passing in cupped hands,
From a best friend, who moved to Georgia or Florida, someplace far away.
I’m from home cooking, eating Raman noodles every night.
From shooting for the stars, but needing a Spaceship.
I’m from reading a blank book, inventing chapters as you go.
From Picking up a pen, and starting your adventure.
This week's goal is to finish revisions and make edits (proofread and check for grammar, spelling, and capitalization errors) to their poems. With the help of our school's art teacher, Monique, we are adding an art component to our project. We will be creating a team mural that represents where we each are from. Each student choose an image online that symbolizes a component of their poem and draw the image. With the help of Monique, they will charcoal their drawings. We'll assemble all the drawings together to create our team mural. Above are some examples of what we're hoping our mural will look like. Ask your child to read their poem when you get a chance. It's amazing to see what childhood memories we hold onto!
We are continuing to work on building our vocabulary in Humanities. Our words for September include: pristine, duped, import, export, and indifferent. Students have been playing a game called Vocab Showdown in class, where two students come to the board and have a showdown of who can write a more meaningful sentence using one of our vocabulary words. It's a fun game that can definitely be played at home with your family.
Last Friday, the team went on a field trip to the Miramar/Scripps Ranch Library. Several students signed up for library cards and they learned how to use the library's resources for future projects in our class. A big thank you to parents who assisted in driving and chaperoning that day. Also, a huge thank you and high fives to two parents who bought a ton of books for our class library. The entire team appreciates it and already started reading many of the books during DEAR time this week.
Important Dates:
Thursday - Field trip to Los Penasquitos Canyon Reserve to explore the plants and wildlife.
Thursday Evening is Back to School Night -
• 5:00-6:00 visit classrooms to see student work and meet with teachers
• 6:00-7:00 all parent meeting in the MPR, hear important information about Innovations Academy (note: classrooms will be locked and teachers will be in the MPR as well during this time).
• 7:00-8:00 more classroom time.
Friday - Vocabulary Showdown
