Today we finished Charlotte's Web. I will miss the time of watching the class scatter around the room in their groups to read this classic. The room would fill up with the sounds of students reading this classic and it was quite a sight to see.
Yesterday, when I was out, the class read the one moment that I love most in the book. It is the words of the wiser spoken by Charlotte:
“You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.”
We had been searching for this moment. The class knew they had to ask themselves what life lessons can be learned and how might it affect the character. I thought the class did a great job of figuring out the life lesson and then deciding how it might affect Wilbur.
In writing we are just starting to write the first drafts of our personal narratives. Ms. Cavallaro had done a great job of explaining different ways students could make their personal narratives better. It has been amazing to see how the students took these ideas and have started to use them in their narratives.
Finally in Social Studies we started government. We have been looking at the Constitution this whole week. One of my favorite things about teaching government is getting to show some School House Rock. So far we have showed this great video but more our coming.
I hope you are all healthy and having a great week!
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