Assessment Day

I was at school today but not in the classroom. I was right outside assessing students on reading and Mrs. Bowers (not the Art teacher!) was our substitute. Our morning question was, "Tell Me a Story Tuesday: Add 3 words to the story to keep it going." I put... Once upon a time, Mrs. L was absent... I think the kiddos weren't very happy with me because here's what they added:

They didn't stay mad for long. :) After morning procedures including morning choice, they went to music. While there, we got two new students!! Academy EDU students from the ILC, that is. There is a class for Juniors and Seniors that are interested in being teachers. They spend 3 days a week for 6 weeks (about an hour each day) in an elementary school then do the same in a middle school and again in a high school. Mr. Nick and Miss Lauren introduced themselves to the kiddos during meeting today and the students are already big fans! :) In read aloud, Mrs. Bowers read, Flight School about a penguin trying to fly. (I never have subs read our chapter book...) I noticed that our students are very good at talking about perseverance and growth mindset, however, when they were actually faced with a problem in math workshop, they did not apply these terms. Hopefully, their discussion today helped. They then read independently and then did some more work with main idea using a Guinness World Record and in Writer's Workshop focused on character traits. They had Social Studies after quiet time and worked on reading and creating timelines. In Math Workshop, Miss Hanlin taught them a couple of strategies for multiplication of multi-digit numbers and continued the work we began the day before.