Enrichment Support Update

2/11/16

      Last week, Mrs. Woods began pushing into Mrs. Duffee's fourth grade classroom and working with eight students.  These eight students are performing at or above grade level according to their most recent iReady Reading Diagnostic Assessment and will benefit from enrichment in English/Language Arts.   

     Our small group read the article, "Vitamin G for Your Mind" by Melissa Abramovitz.  Students learned what "vitamin G" is, it's benefits, and the importance of green time.  Students learned the vocabulary words: stimulate, momentum, regulate, innovative, and flourish.
     Students also engaged in text dependent analysis when they discussed and wrote the answer to the question, "How might studying at the Walden Project help kids with nature deficit disorder?  Support your answer with evidence from the text."  

     Students learned a lot from this informational article and were inspired to spend some time in nature getting some vitamin G of their own.
     In the coming weeks, we will continue studying vocabulary and reading informational texts on a sixth and seventh grade reading level.  We will also engage in all aspects of the writing process culminating in publishing the student authors' work on this blog!