Boys and Girls soccer has begun. Good luck Knights!
Mrs. Castillo's students are virtually teaching the students from Colegio Albanta a school in Madrid, Spain. The students from Madrid made videos asking questions about the Winter Holidays celebrated in the U.S.A. My students are doing their own research, writing facts, and sending videos in Spanish about what they learned to the Colegio Albanta students. 6th grade Language Arts students have been learning about figurative language such as simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole by looking at examples in pop culture and playing Kahoot! They have spent the last few days analyzing poems by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Nikki Giovanni, and Carl Sandburg for deeper meaning beyond the figurative language. Tough work but they are doing a great job! Lavelle's 7th and 8th graders are learning to go beyond determining what a poem means to determining how it means. They are annotating every line of the poems they read in an attempt to understand how poets use connotation to show their audiences an idea instead of coming right out and telling that same idea. Armed with really big dictionaries, they are learning that when it comes to poetry, every word matters (and, ultimately, that poetry really does matter, too). Ms. Lavelle hopes to help them move from "I don't get it" to "This is starting to make sense." Mrs. Gibson's Science classes are using our Model Instructional Classroom iPads to understand distance through the universe and explore atomic structures. Gardeners of the Galaxy/Environmental Symposium will begin selling their fresh, organic vegetables and herbs, grown in their hydroponic garden, on January 26th. Look for their survey on the school’s website to have input into what vegetables they can offer! 8th grade American History classes took a jump into the future planning their college and career paths with Ms. Chilson and Ms. Hunt! Our 7th Grade Creative Writing students have been asked to write an original script for the “Drama Club” at Highlands Grove Elementary. Their group of about 25-30 students will perform LCMA students’ original work in May; the same month as our 8th graders’ scenes will be performed by Lakeland Community Theatre’s “Out of the Box” troupe for special needs. Working together and building bridges in the community is what LCMA is all about! Mrs. Davis introduced the Poetry Unit in ELA with a few poignant Dead Poets Society clips, along with attitudes toward poetry. How I miss Robin Williams..... Shark Tank Finals were a big hit on Tuesday night. Great job students and Ms Thomas! Comments are closed.
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