Social Studies
    We can't get enough of the Underground Railroad in Room 28.  This week, we learned so much about this network of secret routes that many passengers took to reach freedom.  Conductors helped fleeing slaves by providing food, water, disguises, direction, knowledge, and more.  Stationmasters provided a safe place to hide along the journey.  We learned about courageous people like Harriett Tubman and Levi Coffan, who together helped thousands of passengers find their way north.

Reader's Workshop
    We recently started Book Clubs and are loving our time together discussing our mysteries.  As a team, students decided their reading assignment and meeting schedule.  They completed specific tasks as well as the assigned reading.  Students took notes on each character, describing them in detail.  They recorded predictions about the plot, and they harvested unfamiliar and/or interesting words.  Talking about our reading together helps us to better understand the story and gives us practice communicating our thinking with others.