Mr. Blanc's Class

Updates This will be the final week of school. It has been a pleasure to work with this group of students! Each morning I wake up excited for the chance to spend the day with this class. Thank you for the great support from home, it makes my job so much easier! Artist Visit We will get to work with an artist this week. His name is Mark and he will be joining us Monday-Thursday. He will teach some collage techniques, and then the students will create a final collage piece. Health  Students came home with information about an upcoming health lesson. The lesson will cover changes a child goes through as they get older. 4th grade boys will be with me for the lesson and the girls will go to Ms. Youm's class. All students will participate in the lesson, unless they are opted out by a parent. 4th Grade Olympics On the last day of school we will have 4th Grade Olympics! Students from our class and Ms. Youm's class will create events out of objects in the classroom. Then

Updates I can't believe we are down to the final two weeks of school! If you are a volunteer that comes to our room on a specific day each week, you should have received an email letting you know that we won't need volunteers the final two weeks of school. Thank you for giving your time to our class this year! When students return to school on Monday, 6/6 they will have reading logs due. Inquiry  We are beginning to wind down our inquiry unit on responding to change. Most of the students have turned in their opinion paper and completed their action plan. There are a few students who will finish up next week. The students who have completed their paper and action plan are now using the inquiry time for Genius Hour. They get to research any topic that interests them, but they are responsible for coming up with a way to share their knowledge with me.   Everyday Heroes  Next week we will begin a unit that combines nonfiction reading and collage. Students will read biographie