5B Classroom News: Week of Feb. 18th

A note from Mrs. Burke:
Happy Valentine's Day to all of my students!  We exchanged Valentines on Wednesday.  I hope everyone has a relaxing February break.  Keep reading to see what our classroom reporters wrote about this week.

Language Arts:  Esperanza Rising: Which Human Right Has Been Threatened?

My monologue group and I decided that the main human right that was

threatened was article 2, don't discriminate, of the Universal Declaration of

human Rights (UDHR). We chose this article because the character Isabel

was not chosen to be Queen of the May. The reason that she was not Queen

of the May is because she is Mexican. My monologue is narrated by the

teacher that decides who is going to be Queen of the May. It is very

challenging on my part because the teacher is not mentioned much

in the book.

-Cordelia

I think the human right that has been threatened is #23, Workers Rights. Miguel

was working on engines fo the train, until the men from Oklahoma came and

said they would work for less money. Miguel was discriminated by his boss

because his boss liked the white men, not Mexican people. Miguel was told

he could go dig ditches, or go home without pay.

-Lily

In our excerpt (Miguel losing his job) the human right that has been threatened

is number 23, workers’ rights. This human right has been threatened because

Miguel’s boss told him he had to do a less paying and skilled job because some

Okies will do the job for half the money. Also, Miguel was made to dig ditches

because he is Mexican.

-Nolan

Second Step: Managing Frustration

To calm down if you’re feeling frustrated you can calm down by counting,

positive self talk, and breathing.

--Makayla

How I calm down when I am  feeling frustrated is talking to myself, taking deep

breaths, and counting down.

-Ella

In Second Step, we did a thumb activity that was hard, which made most of us

frustrated. We then used S-T-E-P to calm down.  It worked!

-Bennett

I thought that it was not that frustrating when you don’t have hand eye

coordination for the pinky-thumb activity.

--Alexander

We did a human knot activity during second step on Tuesday. We all found it

very frustrating because we all had different ideas to untwist ourselves, and

we weren’t really listening to each other.

--Paige

 

Time for Kids Magazine Olympics Edition:

Something I learned about the 2018 Olympics is that the Chloe Kim is a U.S. snowboarder. ~Lucy

One thing I learned is a kid (within age) can be in the Olympics.

~Jocelyn