Thursday, November 30, 2017
Better
Today was definitely better than yesterday! We began our crazy Thursday withOUT morning choice. Today, we began by cleaning and organizing our binders and our tubs. Then, they moved on to ST Math for i-time. I also opened the warm fuzzy store for the first time this year. Ask your kiddos if they bought anything! After our mindset special, we finished the fantasy chapter and read a tiny bit of girl fiction and found out that Trip is a girl in this chapter! This should be fun! We read independently and then in Reader's Workshop, used the text features we discussed yesterday to answer questions about the story and the author's craft. In Writer's Workshop, we looked at the writing checklist for opinion writing and searched for the differences between 3rd and 4th grade. Knowing the expectations and differences help a lot when learning and writing. Unfortunately, it was indoor recess due to the rain and after quiet time, we went over a couple questions students had with their Math 4 Today and then picked up where we left off yesterday in Math Workshop. I saw a lot of light bulbs today as they FINALLY grasped the understanding of equivalent fractions! Our day ended with musical rehearsal.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Insanity
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results... we haven't earned a potato head piece in quite a while. We are talking too much and it's not just that it's loud and chaotic but our work is suffering! If needed, we're going to be spending some recess time working next week and I absolutely hate taking recess time away because I think it is precious and well needed, however, we are not using our class time wisely...
After a very noisy start to the morning and a good music rehearsal, Mrs. Wyskiver came in for our first guidance lesson of the year. We focused on grit and resiliency. It was fun and I participated in the challenge too! We also watched a video with some special kiddos singing the song, "Stronger." Then, in our meeting, we tried to change our "R" about having a sub during my surgery by asking questions to her ahead of time. They came up with some pretty good questions, like: What is your teaching style?" How do you do rewards? Consequences? Do you stay on task/schedule? What is your favorite subject to teach? Then, we thought it might be good to share some things about us too, so we are going to each share one thing we want her to know about us! After saying the Pledge of Allegiance, we read a tiny bit from Nightmare at the Book Fair. We are still in the midst of the Fantasy chapter and now Trip has a sidekick! We read independently and discussed non-fiction text features and how they help readers using the story in our StoryWorks for Reader's Workshop. In Writer's Workshop, we went over the details from the debate both for and against the idea of "Is it good to be bored sometimes?" After our discussion, they wrote their opinion. In Math Workshop, we continued with equivalent fractions using name collection boxes and clocks or focused on the whole. In Science, we continued working on our landform brochures for weathering and erosion.
After a very noisy start to the morning and a good music rehearsal, Mrs. Wyskiver came in for our first guidance lesson of the year. We focused on grit and resiliency. It was fun and I participated in the challenge too! We also watched a video with some special kiddos singing the song, "Stronger." Then, in our meeting, we tried to change our "R" about having a sub during my surgery by asking questions to her ahead of time. They came up with some pretty good questions, like: What is your teaching style?" How do you do rewards? Consequences? Do you stay on task/schedule? What is your favorite subject to teach? Then, we thought it might be good to share some things about us too, so we are going to each share one thing we want her to know about us! After saying the Pledge of Allegiance, we read a tiny bit from Nightmare at the Book Fair. We are still in the midst of the Fantasy chapter and now Trip has a sidekick! We read independently and discussed non-fiction text features and how they help readers using the story in our StoryWorks for Reader's Workshop. In Writer's Workshop, we went over the details from the debate both for and against the idea of "Is it good to be bored sometimes?" After our discussion, they wrote their opinion. In Math Workshop, we continued with equivalent fractions using name collection boxes and clocks or focused on the whole. In Science, we continued working on our landform brochures for weathering and erosion.
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
E + R = O revisited
So, they all confessed as soon as they saw me that their talking and behavior was not ideal yesterday. I asked why and their response was that some feel that they can do whatever they want with a sub there. This led our discussion to them complaining about me being absent and about hating subs. I totally get it. I didn't want to be out yesterday and get poked and prodded and all of that. This then led to a reminder about E + R = O. We cannot change the events that happen (a sub in the classroom for them or my pre-surgery testing), however, we have complete control over our response. After we discussed this from yesterday, I shared with them about our out-of-the-ordinaries for today which was STAR testing. Again, with the complaining. Again, with the, we cannot change the events that happen (taking STAR or giving STAR), but we can change our response! This is the adjusting and adapting part of the R-factor. So, what ended up happening is a lot of kids took their time and did their best work on the STAR assessments which is going to give me a lot of good data to help guide and personalize my instruction. This new response made the outcome much better!
Other than STAR testing, we finished some work up from yesterday in Reading as well as completed some background information for opinion writing using a StoryWorks article on if it's good for kids to be bored sometimes and looking at BOTH sides of the argument. In Math Workshop, we had a gallery walk looking at the posters we made yesterday about sharing sub sandwiches. We had an excellent discussion about this too! Our day concluded by going to the media center and continuing to learn about research with Mrs. Dornburgh.
Other than STAR testing, we finished some work up from yesterday in Reading as well as completed some background information for opinion writing using a StoryWorks article on if it's good for kids to be bored sometimes and looking at BOTH sides of the argument. In Math Workshop, we had a gallery walk looking at the posters we made yesterday about sharing sub sandwiches. We had an excellent discussion about this too! Our day concluded by going to the media center and continuing to learn about research with Mrs. Dornburgh.
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Is it Thursday?!
So yesterday felt like Halloween again and today feels like a crazy Thursday! Oh well, we're rolling with it! :)
We finally finished our 60 letters/cards for #OhioKindnessWeek for the Ohio Department of Education for the Children's Hospitals of Ohio! We also continued to practice our signatures and cursive writing. We had music rehearsal during specials and then went to the MakerSpace for a STEM challenge with Mrs. Kalb's class-Flying Turkeys! So much fun creating our turkeys and trying to slingshot/catapult them over the fence so they don't end up on the dinner table! Then, in meeting, I shared a "poem" with them that I made of some of the things I am thankful for about them. We had some time to finish our small moment stories if not finished, our Wonder turkeys if not finished and read independently. After lunch and recess, we practiced multiplication during quiet time and then went to the media center for a "Friendsgiving!" vertical team activity. We had a friendship mix snack, charades, origami turkeys, coloring pages, handprint wreath, back to back drawing, Jeepers Peepers game (like Headbanz) and other challenges and activities to complete with our friends! #blessed
We finally finished our 60 letters/cards for #OhioKindnessWeek for the Ohio Department of Education for the Children's Hospitals of Ohio! We also continued to practice our signatures and cursive writing. We had music rehearsal during specials and then went to the MakerSpace for a STEM challenge with Mrs. Kalb's class-Flying Turkeys! So much fun creating our turkeys and trying to slingshot/catapult them over the fence so they don't end up on the dinner table! Then, in meeting, I shared a "poem" with them that I made of some of the things I am thankful for about them. We had some time to finish our small moment stories if not finished, our Wonder turkeys if not finished and read independently. After lunch and recess, we practiced multiplication during quiet time and then went to the media center for a "Friendsgiving!" vertical team activity. We had a friendship mix snack, charades, origami turkeys, coloring pages, handprint wreath, back to back drawing, Jeepers Peepers game (like Headbanz) and other challenges and activities to complete with our friends! #blessed
Is it Halloween again?
Oh my goodness! They were super chatty today and it was like it was Halloween again! They must be excited for our 2-day week! (Me too! :))
We began our day with learning how to sign our names in cursive! They aren't very good so they should keep practicing! ;) After Art, in our meeting, we had a WONDERful discussion about the movie and differences from the book. In Nightmare at the Book Fair, Trip left the animal world and woke up in a Fantasy. This chapter really encompasses what the author is trying to do with over emphasizing what all he does. He makes it longer, uses tough vocabulary and lots of words to say what could be said in just a few, includes a quest, good vs. evil and lots of other fun and fantastical stuff! We read independently and in Writer's Workshop, we made Wonder turkeys, sharing who has shown us kindness and how we spread that kindness and #choosekind. We practiced multiplication during quiet time and then in Math Workshop, those that had been working on the cooking project, snuck away to secretly make their recipe for the rest of the class while we reviewed and practiced equivalent fractions and played Uncover with our fraction kits. We ended our day finishing our early people of Ohio illustrations or interviews and our weathering and erosion brochures.
We began our day with learning how to sign our names in cursive! They aren't very good so they should keep practicing! ;) After Art, in our meeting, we had a WONDERful discussion about the movie and differences from the book. In Nightmare at the Book Fair, Trip left the animal world and woke up in a Fantasy. This chapter really encompasses what the author is trying to do with over emphasizing what all he does. He makes it longer, uses tough vocabulary and lots of words to say what could be said in just a few, includes a quest, good vs. evil and lots of other fun and fantastical stuff! We read independently and in Writer's Workshop, we made Wonder turkeys, sharing who has shown us kindness and how we spread that kindness and #choosekind. We practiced multiplication during quiet time and then in Math Workshop, those that had been working on the cooking project, snuck away to secretly make their recipe for the rest of the class while we reviewed and practiced equivalent fractions and played Uncover with our fraction kits. We ended our day finishing our early people of Ohio illustrations or interviews and our weathering and erosion brochures.
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Typical
Our day began with morning choice and i-time where most of us finished our word sort with short and long vowels. After gym, in meeting, with the movie Wonder coming out, we shared what we thought was the worst book to movie we've seen. The BFG and A Dog's Purpose were two of the biggest. Then, we played a few rounds of Coseeki. After saying the Pledge of Allegiance, we began the Animal Fiction chapter in Nightmare at the Book Fair where Trip is a cat! We read independently, finished our inference kidblog activity, published our small moment story and wrote letters/cards to Children's Hospital as part of #OHKindnessWeek! It was a bit warmer recess today and after quiet time, we continued our work with finding equivalent fractions using unifix cubes and tangrams. Again, it's easy to find equivalent fractions using fraction strips because that is how we learned it but applying that understanding to different situations--unifix cubes, tangrams, unusually cut cakes, etc.--is more challenging. We also had some time to play Cover Up. We ended our day with Social Studies where we continued reading about the prehistoric people of Ohio and either illustrating or creating an "interview" with/of prehistoric people.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
right on schedule! (for once)
I wrote our schedule on the board today and made sure that we stuck to it! We got everything accomplished! Hooray! :)
Our crazy Thursday began with morning choice and i-time followed by our morning meeting where we shared what we are looking forward to for Thanksgiving and played a little "Would you rather?" Thanksgiving edition. We're about half and half for gravy on mashed potatoes or not. Then, we did a word study lesson on vowels-short and long. I thought this would be easy and mostly review but it wasn't so I'm glad we did it! After our mindset special, we finished the historical fiction chapter after Trip walked on the moon with Neil Armstrong, in Nightmare at the Book Fair. We also read the second intermission-Easy Reader-which was a lot like Dr. Seuss, about Reed McReedy. We read independently and then went over our inference work with informational text. We also got a kidblog assignment to read a literary text and completed a question about them. Some of us got started on this or even finished it while others continued publishing our small moment stories. After a very cold recess, in math workshop, we kept working with fractions by completing a problem about an unusual baker. Some really struggled with this understanding. Sometimes, even though we understand the basic idea, we have trouble applying our thinking to different situations. So, please, if cooking or coming across fractions at home, see if they can apply their understanding. (Uh-oh, this recipe calls for 1/2 cup but I only have a 1/4 cup...what can I do?) Our day concluded with musical rehearsal.
Our crazy Thursday began with morning choice and i-time followed by our morning meeting where we shared what we are looking forward to for Thanksgiving and played a little "Would you rather?" Thanksgiving edition. We're about half and half for gravy on mashed potatoes or not. Then, we did a word study lesson on vowels-short and long. I thought this would be easy and mostly review but it wasn't so I'm glad we did it! After our mindset special, we finished the historical fiction chapter after Trip walked on the moon with Neil Armstrong, in Nightmare at the Book Fair. We also read the second intermission-Easy Reader-which was a lot like Dr. Seuss, about Reed McReedy. We read independently and then went over our inference work with informational text. We also got a kidblog assignment to read a literary text and completed a question about them. Some of us got started on this or even finished it while others continued publishing our small moment stories. After a very cold recess, in math workshop, we kept working with fractions by completing a problem about an unusual baker. Some really struggled with this understanding. Sometimes, even though we understand the basic idea, we have trouble applying our thinking to different situations. So, please, if cooking or coming across fractions at home, see if they can apply their understanding. (Uh-oh, this recipe calls for 1/2 cup but I only have a 1/4 cup...what can I do?) Our day concluded with musical rehearsal.
Kuleana
One kiddo said, as we were dismissing, "Why do we have so many rules?!" (I had just shared to stay on the right side of the hallway and wait until the 5th graders left, and to not cut through the office... Anyway, as I headed home, I started thinking about this. Do we have too many rules? Driving, on the right side of the road, I realized, "No. We have just the right amount of rules because the rules we have serve a purpose." So, in our meeting, we read a few books, Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen being one of them and watched a video with a book being read aloud, What If Everybody Did That? The creator of the video started it with the word, Kuleana-which is a Hawaiian word meaning Responsibility and Self-Discipline. I promised to only 'create' rules when there is a specific purpose and they promised to follow rules because they know there is a specific purpose for the rules. Ask your kiddo about Kuleana.
We've also been working on fractions in Math and making inferences in Reading. In Writing, we're trying to get our small moment stories published but it's taking some kiddos FOREVER! In Science, we are continuing our work on our weathering and erosion landform brochures and we are at about 40,000 years ago in Ohio's History... :)
We've also been working on fractions in Math and making inferences in Reading. In Writing, we're trying to get our small moment stories published but it's taking some kiddos FOREVER! In Science, we are continuing our work on our weathering and erosion landform brochures and we are at about 40,000 years ago in Ohio's History... :)
Monday, November 13, 2017
ACTIVE participation
I think I mentioned this phrase many, many times today... it's getting really frustrating that some-even after 12 weeks already-aren't actively participating in their education. I don't know what to do to get some of them "off the bench" but hopefully, soon, we'll be playing with an entire team.
We continued our subtraction with Exploding Dots during i-time and then after gym, in meeting, we shared about our weekend and played a few rounds of "Would you rather?" In Nightmare at the Book Fair, Trip somehow ended up on the Apollo 11 headed for the moon! (We're reading the Historical Fiction chapter.) We read silently and then Mrs. Bargar came in to teach us how to evaluate websites. We are not very good at this...we think too much is true just because it looks nice on the web. Ask your kiddo about the tree octopus!! All but 2 groups thought this was real! We've got some work to do with this before researching begins. We had lunch and recess and during quiet time this week, instead of completing our M4T, we are taking an end of the first trimester check-in. Then, in math workshop, we made fraction kits. Our day ended with sharing our timelines and continuing with our study of Ohio's history.
We continued our subtraction with Exploding Dots during i-time and then after gym, in meeting, we shared about our weekend and played a few rounds of "Would you rather?" In Nightmare at the Book Fair, Trip somehow ended up on the Apollo 11 headed for the moon! (We're reading the Historical Fiction chapter.) We read silently and then Mrs. Bargar came in to teach us how to evaluate websites. We are not very good at this...we think too much is true just because it looks nice on the web. Ask your kiddo about the tree octopus!! All but 2 groups thought this was real! We've got some work to do with this before researching begins. We had lunch and recess and during quiet time this week, instead of completing our M4T, we are taking an end of the first trimester check-in. Then, in math workshop, we made fraction kits. Our day ended with sharing our timelines and continuing with our study of Ohio's history.
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Brrrrrr...
In i-time, we learned subtraction with Exploding Dots! We did some annihilations and un-explosions with Tods (anti-dots).
http://gdaymath.com/lessons/explodingdots/4-3-subtraction/ I'm trying everything I can to get some of these kiddos to understand place and value enough to manipulate numbers to add, subtract, multiply and divide and for some, I think this might be the way! Please, please have your kiddo show you!
After music, we came back and in meeting, read, H is for Honor, and used fortune tellers to learn about Veterans Day. In Nightmare at the Book Fair, we completed the Mystery chapter and also the Reference intermission. We are really understanding the different genres of literature and are intrigued at maybe finding some new books to read. Friday was also the end of the first trimester so we submitted our ___ "book" challenge information so far. We usually have these on our ipads at school but since they submitted it on Canvas, you can see your child's progress now too! Have them share it with you! We read independently and got caught up on our Reader's Workshop work and small moment story. After our frigid recess, we completed our Math 4 Today assessment and if the majority of the class gets 8, 9 or 10/10, there will be a surprise for them Monday morning. In Math Workshop, we kept working with understanding fractions. We ended our day working on our landform brochures.
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Late
We had an orchestra concert last night so I wasn't able to post a blog. Here's what we did yesterday and today...
Wednesday:
We worked on our morning choice activities and with exploding dots-addition, during i-time. Then, after Art, in our meeting, we completed a listening activity called, The Wright Family. In Nightmare at the Book Fair, the aliens were on Earth to meet with the leaders of the US to give a solution for our damage of the Earth with pollution and using up of fossil fuels, in the Science Fiction chapter. We also began the Humor chapter by farting. (I call this the 10 year old boy humor chapter.) We read independently and worked on understanding the characters and their choices in, The Good Deed in StoryWorks. We also continued to draft, revise, edit and publish our small moment stories. In math, we worked on understanding and representing fractions. We ended our day with an AWESOME MakerSpace where they used their creative minds to create toys!
Thursday:
This morning, we had a school community meeting where we discussed Making a Difference, honored Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Wolfe-2 Air Force veterans that are also teachers at ADE and heard from our 5th graders on Capstone. When we returned to the room, we secured our understanding of Exploding Dots with addition and in meeting shared how we help to make a difference. We ended our day discussing BCD and what we can do instead of it. (Ask your kiddo!) In Nightmare at the Book Fair, we finished up the Humor chapter with Captain Obvious and his side kicks saying immature and inappropriate words-just for fun. Boogers and snot! :) We read independently and continued our reader's workshop and writer's workshop work. After going over our Math 4 Today, we jumped in with fractions and continued working in one of three groups: cooking project, addition/subtraction of fractions or equivalent fractions/understanding fractions. Our day ended with musical rehearsal.
Wednesday:
We worked on our morning choice activities and with exploding dots-addition, during i-time. Then, after Art, in our meeting, we completed a listening activity called, The Wright Family. In Nightmare at the Book Fair, the aliens were on Earth to meet with the leaders of the US to give a solution for our damage of the Earth with pollution and using up of fossil fuels, in the Science Fiction chapter. We also began the Humor chapter by farting. (I call this the 10 year old boy humor chapter.) We read independently and worked on understanding the characters and their choices in, The Good Deed in StoryWorks. We also continued to draft, revise, edit and publish our small moment stories. In math, we worked on understanding and representing fractions. We ended our day with an AWESOME MakerSpace where they used their creative minds to create toys!
Thursday:
This morning, we had a school community meeting where we discussed Making a Difference, honored Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Wolfe-2 Air Force veterans that are also teachers at ADE and heard from our 5th graders on Capstone. When we returned to the room, we secured our understanding of Exploding Dots with addition and in meeting shared how we help to make a difference. We ended our day discussing BCD and what we can do instead of it. (Ask your kiddo!) In Nightmare at the Book Fair, we finished up the Humor chapter with Captain Obvious and his side kicks saying immature and inappropriate words-just for fun. Boogers and snot! :) We read independently and continued our reader's workshop and writer's workshop work. After going over our Math 4 Today, we jumped in with fractions and continued working in one of three groups: cooking project, addition/subtraction of fractions or equivalent fractions/understanding fractions. Our day ended with musical rehearsal.
Monday, November 6, 2017
Pen Pals and Exploding Dots
We had a package this morning from our pen pal, Ian! (He was the kiddo with the same syndrome that Auggie had in Wonder.) Each child received a letter! And he wants to Skype with us and send us some videos! They were super excited to get mail and are already writing back.
During i-time today, I shared Exploding Dots as a strategy for addition. Some of our kids already learned this as an extension but I tried it with the kiddos that are still having trouble with adding and subtracting large numbers. (We'll be moving on to subtraction later in the week.) Here are the links to videos that explain what it is but see if your child can show you...
http://gdaymath.com/lessons/explodingdots/1-4-1-leftarrow-10-machine/
http://gdaymath.com/lessons/explodingdots/3-2-addition/
After gym and reading our letters from Ian, we finished the chapter on Sports Fiction in Nightmare at the Book Fair. We also read the Adventure chapter and began the Science Fiction chapter too. As we read, we are documenting the characteristics of each genre of literature. However, the author, humorously puts every possible characteristic into the chapters so they are fun to read. We read independently and then worked with vocabulary for/and read a new story in StoryWorks. We also continued working on our small moments stories: drafting, revising, editing and some began publishing. In Math Workshop, we split up into 3 groups: equivalent fractions, addition and subtraction of fractions and a project to help secure our understanding of fractions. Finally, we brought out our secondary sources (textbooks) and learned a bit about Ohio and Ohio's history. Did you know we are considered Ohioans? (Alejandro thought that was very interesting!)
During i-time today, I shared Exploding Dots as a strategy for addition. Some of our kids already learned this as an extension but I tried it with the kiddos that are still having trouble with adding and subtracting large numbers. (We'll be moving on to subtraction later in the week.) Here are the links to videos that explain what it is but see if your child can show you...
http://gdaymath.com/lessons/explodingdots/1-4-1-leftarrow-10-machine/
http://gdaymath.com/lessons/explodingdots/3-2-addition/
After gym and reading our letters from Ian, we finished the chapter on Sports Fiction in Nightmare at the Book Fair. We also read the Adventure chapter and began the Science Fiction chapter too. As we read, we are documenting the characteristics of each genre of literature. However, the author, humorously puts every possible characteristic into the chapters so they are fun to read. We read independently and then worked with vocabulary for/and read a new story in StoryWorks. We also continued working on our small moments stories: drafting, revising, editing and some began publishing. In Math Workshop, we split up into 3 groups: equivalent fractions, addition and subtraction of fractions and a project to help secure our understanding of fractions. Finally, we brought out our secondary sources (textbooks) and learned a bit about Ohio and Ohio's history. Did you know we are considered Ohioans? (Alejandro thought that was very interesting!)
Friday, November 3, 2017
New beginnings
Since we ended our read aloud of The Wild Robot yesterday, we began a new book today! We also began a new unit in Math Workshop so today felt like we started some new things.
Our day began with morning choice and i-time, followed by Music. In meeting, we shared what we did/do when the power goes out (because if you live over where I live, this happened for a couple of hours last night!). We then began our new book, Nightmare at the Book Fair by Dan Gutman. This book is an exaggerated look into the different genres of literature through a kid that is actually IN each different genre! Today, he was stuck in Horror and Sports Fiction... We read independently and then completed a comprehension quiz on The Curse of Winter and kept on drafting, revising and editing our small moment narratives. After lunch and recess, we completed our Math 4 Today assessment and then moved on to fractions. First of all, this group has a great base of knowledge about fractions! Then, some took a pre-test over adding and subtracting fractions before working with sharing pizzas. We all shared pizzas equally among children and had to work to figure out how much each kiddo got. Beware-we were all hungry for pizza after this so they might be asking! After discussing and sharing our strategies, we moved on to Science. We have a great understanding of what weathering and erosion is so now we are applying it to make brochures for specific landforms sharing this information.
Goodbye, Nick and Lauren!
Today, we said goodbye to our Academy EDU students, Nick and Lauren. We loved having them be a part of our team, our class. They shared that they really loved being here too! I think they'll both make great teachers!
It was also a crazy Thursday, so, of course, we had a crazy schedule. We began with a vertical team 3-act math task about Bucky the Beaver, Wisconsin's mascot. Then, we had our mindset special and when we returned, we took a few minutes to enjoy a treat from Miss Lauren and said our goodbyes. We also finished, The Wild Robot and have heard that there's a sequel so we HAD to go to Peter Brown's blog to find out when it is coming out! We read independently and kept drafting and revising and editing our small moments narratives. After lunch and recess and some quiet time, we went over our Math 4 Today and then moved on to Science where we showed weathering and erosion with chocolate chip cookies! Yum! We ended our day with music rehearsal.
It was also a crazy Thursday, so, of course, we had a crazy schedule. We began with a vertical team 3-act math task about Bucky the Beaver, Wisconsin's mascot. Then, we had our mindset special and when we returned, we took a few minutes to enjoy a treat from Miss Lauren and said our goodbyes. We also finished, The Wild Robot and have heard that there's a sequel so we HAD to go to Peter Brown's blog to find out when it is coming out! We read independently and kept drafting and revising and editing our small moments narratives. After lunch and recess and some quiet time, we went over our Math 4 Today and then moved on to Science where we showed weathering and erosion with chocolate chip cookies! Yum! We ended our day with music rehearsal.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Not as bad as expected
Well, yesterday and today weren't as bad as expected and I'm sure part of it is because we prepared ahead of time. Kudos to us!
Yesterday, we flip-flopped our schedule so we could spend more time on math practice. We did some Halloween practice with prime numbers, factors and multiplication using candy and then practiced multi-digit multiplication and division using ghosts! We also had some logic puzzles we worked on. After lunch and recess, we read The Wild Robot and then read independently, worked on understanding the setting of The Curse of Winter and continued drafting and revising our narratives. We ended our day with a pretty cool guest speaker, Mr. Tim Kight, teaching us about and reinforcing our understanding of R-factor. Ask your kiddo!
Today, after meeting and Mr. Nick and Miss Lauren left, we made them books since tomorrow is their last day with us. Then, in The Wild Robot, Roz has decided to leave the island... We read independently and then practiced our fluency with reading the drama, The Curse of Winter. Lunch was good and recess was indoor and then after quiet time, we learned 3 games and played with partners while a small group of kiddos did a "Whopper" of a math problem :) which ended in us enjoying some candy afterwards. We ended our day FINISHING our timelines. (It feels like we've been working on these FOREVER!)
Yesterday, we flip-flopped our schedule so we could spend more time on math practice. We did some Halloween practice with prime numbers, factors and multiplication using candy and then practiced multi-digit multiplication and division using ghosts! We also had some logic puzzles we worked on. After lunch and recess, we read The Wild Robot and then read independently, worked on understanding the setting of The Curse of Winter and continued drafting and revising our narratives. We ended our day with a pretty cool guest speaker, Mr. Tim Kight, teaching us about and reinforcing our understanding of R-factor. Ask your kiddo!
Today, after meeting and Mr. Nick and Miss Lauren left, we made them books since tomorrow is their last day with us. Then, in The Wild Robot, Roz has decided to leave the island... We read independently and then practiced our fluency with reading the drama, The Curse of Winter. Lunch was good and recess was indoor and then after quiet time, we learned 3 games and played with partners while a small group of kiddos did a "Whopper" of a math problem :) which ended in us enjoying some candy afterwards. We ended our day FINISHING our timelines. (It feels like we've been working on these FOREVER!)
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