We have our measurement assessment tomorrow. We've been trying to practice as much as possible, this week, to get to this stopping point but please, ask your child to show you their practice packet and if they aren't finished, which is about 2/3 of the class, they should keep working! We tried to make sure they completed a couple problems on each page so that they could ask any questions while they were at school. I told them you'd be asking to see! :)
We also worked on understanding our word study words by writing them in sentences or drawing pictures to recognize the difference. Some moved on to word games. For special today, we watched the 5th grade Musical-The Jungle Book. We also read aloud the drama in StoryWorks and continued our research and informational text writing.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Yay!
Mrs. Hider has been out sick this week and although that is a "BOO!" I have been teaching! I've missed it so much and although I've had a sinus infection and feel like my eyes are going to pop out of my head, have loved every minute of it!
In Word Study, we are working with homonyms-all of us. In Restart, Chase is putting the pieces together that he wasn't such a nice boy and that people are scared of him and for legitimate reasons. In Reader's Workshop, we completed another reader's response. This time, we read an informational text about how to make a rainbow. Then, on Canvas, we compared and contrasted the two different methods for making this work. Unfortunately, they STRUGGLED with this! They had no idea how to formulate their ideas and respond appropriately to the text. So, we spent an extra 30 minutes on the Answer Sandwich. We practiced restating the question and giving a gist answer. For example, if you ask you child, "What did you do at school today?" They should be able to respond, "At school today, we did many things." or "Today at school, we did a lot!" as just a couple examples. In Math, we measured our pencils to gather data for creating a line plot. Then, we made tape shapes on the floor and found the area and perimeter of our shapes. Yesterday, we finished up measuring and naming angles.
In Word Study, we are working with homonyms-all of us. In Restart, Chase is putting the pieces together that he wasn't such a nice boy and that people are scared of him and for legitimate reasons. In Reader's Workshop, we completed another reader's response. This time, we read an informational text about how to make a rainbow. Then, on Canvas, we compared and contrasted the two different methods for making this work. Unfortunately, they STRUGGLED with this! They had no idea how to formulate their ideas and respond appropriately to the text. So, we spent an extra 30 minutes on the Answer Sandwich. We practiced restating the question and giving a gist answer. For example, if you ask you child, "What did you do at school today?" They should be able to respond, "At school today, we did many things." or "Today at school, we did a lot!" as just a couple examples. In Math, we measured our pencils to gather data for creating a line plot. Then, we made tape shapes on the floor and found the area and perimeter of our shapes. Yesterday, we finished up measuring and naming angles.
Monday, March 5, 2018
Only Math now...
Oh my goodness...it is so weird not teaching everything! I've never realized before but I'm a little protective! :) I must trust Mrs. Hider because I can't believe I'm letting her teach my kids! She's doing great and I'm only teaching Math right now~luckily it's my favorite! I also am enjoying participating and seeing the kids a little different than I'm used to~they don't pay attention nearly as much as I thought!
We got new words for word study this week so check your kiddos planner if you want to know the pattern they have this week. After gym, they played charades in meeting after discussing what they did this weekend. (I guessed Brady's "shopping!") I'm a little lost in Wishtree but I think two kids are separated by their ethnicity or religion but are talking anyway and their "wish" is to NOT be separated based on ethnicity or religion... after reading independently, they got a new StoryWorks and read the informational text about the American Revolution. They also wrote the beginning of a journal entry and in Writer's Workshop, continued working on our historical fiction writing. After lunch, recess and quiet time, instead of a number talk, we got our metric conversions from last week back, and fixed them. **This is something they can work on at home, too!! I've placed the questions on Canvas so they can fix them!** Then, we worked on more application of our understanding with more real world application of using conversions. Next, in Social Studies, we learned what we "Ohio" needs to become a state and that in the Northwest Territory, there was no slavery, which was very different than other states! Finally, Mrs. Hider introduced one of the topics we can choose for research that we'll begin right before break. Today, we got a snapshot into what the Underground Railroad was.
We got new words for word study this week so check your kiddos planner if you want to know the pattern they have this week. After gym, they played charades in meeting after discussing what they did this weekend. (I guessed Brady's "shopping!") I'm a little lost in Wishtree but I think two kids are separated by their ethnicity or religion but are talking anyway and their "wish" is to NOT be separated based on ethnicity or religion... after reading independently, they got a new StoryWorks and read the informational text about the American Revolution. They also wrote the beginning of a journal entry and in Writer's Workshop, continued working on our historical fiction writing. After lunch, recess and quiet time, instead of a number talk, we got our metric conversions from last week back, and fixed them. **This is something they can work on at home, too!! I've placed the questions on Canvas so they can fix them!** Then, we worked on more application of our understanding with more real world application of using conversions. Next, in Social Studies, we learned what we "Ohio" needs to become a state and that in the Northwest Territory, there was no slavery, which was very different than other states! Finally, Mrs. Hider introduced one of the topics we can choose for research that we'll begin right before break. Today, we got a snapshot into what the Underground Railroad was.
Friday, March 2, 2018
TGIF!
It was so weird for me today...I wanted to give Mrs. Hider some time for her to bond with the students so I sat out in the hallway for most of the morning. I worked and organized and finished up our reading assessments but I missed the kids! She needs this time, though to truly understand the whole aspect of teaching 30 children.
Anyway, we played word games or wrote sentences/drew pictures of their words for word study and went to Music. After, in morning meeting, they played Coseeki and read more from Wishtree before reading independently and working on the drama, "I Have a Dream." Today, they completed a comprehension quiz and received them back...how well did your kiddo do? They finished up researching their event for the historical fiction story they are writing. Today was a very cold outdoor recess but most of them didn't even wear their coats! Brrr! Mrs. Hider gave them an extra 10 minutes of recess and then they completed their M4T assessment. In Math Workshop, we finished up our metric conversion problems, FACEing Math--metric challenge and tried to figure out the size of the Statue of Liberty's nose based off of her arm length... We ended the day with the Ohio Energy Project and went around measuring temperatures in rooms around the building.
Anyway, we played word games or wrote sentences/drew pictures of their words for word study and went to Music. After, in morning meeting, they played Coseeki and read more from Wishtree before reading independently and working on the drama, "I Have a Dream." Today, they completed a comprehension quiz and received them back...how well did your kiddo do? They finished up researching their event for the historical fiction story they are writing. Today was a very cold outdoor recess but most of them didn't even wear their coats! Brrr! Mrs. Hider gave them an extra 10 minutes of recess and then they completed their M4T assessment. In Math Workshop, we finished up our metric conversion problems, FACEing Math--metric challenge and tried to figure out the size of the Statue of Liberty's nose based off of her arm length... We ended the day with the Ohio Energy Project and went around measuring temperatures in rooms around the building.
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Better
Today was better but still off... tomorrow will be even better-I know!
We began with a silent work environment and took the time to clean and organize our tubs and binders. Some still have some work to do with their binders but I think we are making progress! Then, we found words that fit our word study patterns and had a great meeting, I'm sure. (I was sharing my final passion project so I wasn't in there for this-Mrs. Andrews was hanging out while Mrs. Hider was teaching.) After mindset, they read Wishtree and then read independently followed by reading the drama, "I Have a Dream," aloud. After reading the drama, they worked on cause and effect and then spent the rest of the time gathering research for their historical fiction story they will be writing next week. Unfortunately, it was indoor recess. After quiet time and a number talk with Mrs. Hider, we continued our metric system conversions. These are TOUGH but once they figure out the 10x pattern of the metric system, they move quicker. They are also struggling a bit with figuring out what they are supposed to do when given word problems, which is causing a few of them to struggle. Some also worked on FACEing Math to practice converting, after finishing the other problems. **This was supposed to come home for them to work on so that they get the extra practice! We ended our day with discussing the American Revolution and the Northwest Territory, in Social Studies.
We began with a silent work environment and took the time to clean and organize our tubs and binders. Some still have some work to do with their binders but I think we are making progress! Then, we found words that fit our word study patterns and had a great meeting, I'm sure. (I was sharing my final passion project so I wasn't in there for this-Mrs. Andrews was hanging out while Mrs. Hider was teaching.) After mindset, they read Wishtree and then read independently followed by reading the drama, "I Have a Dream," aloud. After reading the drama, they worked on cause and effect and then spent the rest of the time gathering research for their historical fiction story they will be writing next week. Unfortunately, it was indoor recess. After quiet time and a number talk with Mrs. Hider, we continued our metric system conversions. These are TOUGH but once they figure out the 10x pattern of the metric system, they move quicker. They are also struggling a bit with figuring out what they are supposed to do when given word problems, which is causing a few of them to struggle. Some also worked on FACEing Math to practice converting, after finishing the other problems. **This was supposed to come home for them to work on so that they get the extra practice! We ended our day with discussing the American Revolution and the Northwest Territory, in Social Studies.
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