Don't forget to change your clocks on Sunday!

Hello room 75 Families.

What a wonderfully busy week this one was! We had the Halloween Howler on Wednesday night, Halloween celebrations on Thursday and then trick or treating on Thursday night.  Our week was also filled with many students sharing their passion of reading through their book projects!  Everyone was so creative in their approach to presenting their book to the class.  We had a digital presentations, posters, typed projects and 3d projects!  Here is a quick overview of Wednesday and Thursday's presentations. (We had technical difficulties on Thursday, so we will be listening to Marek share his project on Monday!)

Lucas chose to do a diorama on his book, "Bone- Quest for the Spark #3".  He demonstrated confidence and enthusiasm for the book he was talking about as well as being in front of the class.  He enjoyed answering specific questions from his friends as they wanted to know more about the different characters in the book as well as how he he made the boat for his project.  Way to go Lucas!

Cohen also chose to do his project on a Bone book. He enjoyed being in front of the class and discussing one of his favorite books.  Using notes that he typed up, Cohen was comfortable discussing the setting and the different character in the book! Excellent work Cohen!

Riley was very excited to talk about the book he read.  His book was called "The Dark Knight".  He worked hard to make sure that there were both pictures and writing on his poster.  He created a chart that listed the important descriptions of the characters he thought were important in the story.  He shared with the class the plot of the story and how the main problem was resolved.  Way to go Riley!!

Wilson created a PowerPoint to present his book.  He read J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone."  He was extremely excited to share his passion of this book with the class.  His writing was descriptive and helped the audience to see what he was talking about.  Wilson was proud as he shared the illustration of Harry Potter that he included in his project.  He was confident when answering the many questions from his peers and even shared a glimpse of what he has read so far in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".  His enthusiasm for reading is great!  Way to go Mr. Wilson!

Meghan was proud to share her project on the book she read, "The Lady and The Tramp."  Meghan wrote up her book project herself and also created a display on a poster board for the class to look at as she was sharing.  She was confident as she read her notes that described a summary of the story and some of the main characters of the book.  Way to go Meghan!

Jullianne, who is loves to read Thea Stilton books, chose to do her presentation on  "Thea Stilton the Secret of the Fairies."  Her project was nicely organized into different sections which helped her when she was presenting her book to the class.  Jullianne described the MANY different characters that were in her book, as well as she gave a brief summary of the story.  Her summary made the audience interested in the book indeed!  Excellent work Jullianne.

Ansharah did a wonderful job on her book project! She created a double sided poster board for her project on one of her favorite books that she has read more than once!  The book she presented to the class is "The Land of Stories", by Chris Colfer.  Both Ansharah and the class did a wonderful job with this presentation, as Ansharah was quite shy to begin.  After taking a few deep breaths and seeing that her audience was engaged and respectful of her, she persevered and accomplished her goal of presenting her project to the class. Her project was detailed and included a variety of art that she created herself, including how she artistically created the title for her work.  Her work displayed her passion for reading.  She was proud of creating a project that was unique and was proud of presenting and sharing one of her favorite books with her peers.  Way to go Ansharah!!

Room 75 has been doing amazing work with their presentations and with their audience behavior, questions and comments!  Many students have been sharing a variety of thoughtful questions and comments to their friends.

As I was getting my old computer replaced with a new one, we were unable to have Marek share his PowerPoint presentation.  Marek will share his on Monday! (He and a few others will be excited that  the day Marek shares his book project, will be the day they receive their pre-ordered newest edition of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid!"

Thursday was also our Halloween celebrations.  Students in room 75 did a wonderful of playing games.  Many students rotated around playing different games with different friends.  Everyone was included into the different games and it was fun to watch as some students learned how to play games that were new to them!  Way to go...

                         

Important Information:
Library exchange and French on Monday.
Thursday is our Remembrance Day Assembly.
No School Monday, November 11th for Remembrance day.

Homework:
Read 15-30 minutes
Mathletics 15-30 minutes

Question for the Blog:
What did you do for Halloween?

I hope that you all had a fun and safe Halloween and are enjoying your long weekend.
See you on Monday morning.
Ms. Handelsman