Terrific Tuesday

This morning, the students posted about their weekend on the comment section of the morning message.  Then they completed the Monday and Tuesday portions of the vocabulary sheet for our new word of the week, eliminate.  Those who had time, used Typing Club to practice their keyboarding skills.  After the announcements, we switched for math.

Math began with a warm up that required persistence, a working knowledge of math vocabulary, and addition and multiplication.  Next, we began our rotations.

During the small group lesson we began using protractors to measure angles.  This was frustrating for many.  We will continue this tomorrow.  During math with a partner, the students worked to turn three puzzle pieces into shapes that are symmetric.  Finally, during the technology portion, the children completed a session of Xtra Math.  Then, they watched a video about measuring angles using a protractor.  After that, they played an online game that provided practice with using protractors to measure angles.

In between the second and third rotations, the students enjoyed lunch and outdoor recess.

Students were given a worksheet to complete for homework.  It is also posted in GC.

After math, we began our literacy block with a writing lesson.  First, we reviewed our notes about personal narratives chart and added "strong openings grab the readers attention" to it.  Next, we reviewed a resource that I gave to each student, which explained 7 different closing techniques for ending a personal narrative.  After discussing each, and going over an example, the students worked on their draft to revise their endings.  Finally, several students shared theirs as we ate snack.

Next, we reviewed lat week's vocabulary sheet and last week's puzzles.

Then, we began the reading portion of our literacy block.  Today students read a non-fiction article about John Cabot.  After that, they had time to complete the following tasks; the paragraph identifying and explaining the effects of the Colombian voyage, the opinion paragraph about plastic straws, and the Flocabulary assignment about characters.  This was all work from last week.  Any tasks not completed today, in school, will need to be done at home.

Guided reading groups:

Pink:  We reviewed the unknown words they circled, and the surprising and confusing parts they marked, in the article about John Cabot.  After that, we identified and discussed examples of cause and effect from their reading.

Green:  We reviewed the unknown words they circled, and the surprising and confusing parts they marked, in the article about John Cabot.  After that, we identified and discussed examples of cause and effect from their reading.

Blue:  We reviewed the unknown words they circled, and the surprising and confusing parts they marked, in the article about John Cabot.  After that, we identified and discussed examples of cause and effect from their reading.

The students ended their day in art, with Mrs. Daniell.