Marvelous Monday

This morning, before the announcements, I worked with students to complete the capture sheet for the Discovery Education Government lesson.

Then, after the announcements, we began our literacy block.

Today, students will complete, and turn in, their informational paragraph for their inquiry project.  They will use the organizer to type up the paragraph.  Then they will read it to a friend and make revisions.  After that, they will complete the text feature scavenger hunt to identify how they help readers understand non-fiction text.  After that, they will practice their word work words by writing them using one color for vowels and another for consonants, or doing a meaning check.  Finally, they will practice writing the letters r and s in cursive.

As they worked I met with guided reading groups.  Additionally, Mrs. Allaire stopped in to help students write their informational paragraphs.

Orange:  In group we reviewed text features.  Then we pulled up an online book, about gravity, and identified text features that are used in online text.  After that we read 3 different sections of the online book and identified, and listed, key details for each section.  We discussed the importance of using the heading to determine the key details.  For HOMEWORK the children need to read pages 2-9 in the book, Healthy Eating, and list unknown words on the sticky note I provided.

Pink:  In group we reviewed text features.  Then we pulled up an online book, about gravity, and identified text features that are used in online text.  After that we read 3 different sections of the online book and identified, and listed, key details for each section.  We discussed the importance of using the heading to determine the key details.  For HOMEWORK the students need to read pages 4-11 and list unknown words, and page numbers, on the sticky note I provided.

Green:  We used the online text, All About Gravity, available through PK physical science to compare and contract online text features to those available in a paper copy of a book.  After that, we practiced using an online dictionary to identify the correct meaning of words according to the context of the section of text.  Next we read a section and used the heading, the topic of the book, and bold print words, to identify the main idea.  For HOMEWORK the students need to read pages 8-15 in Energy from Heat, and list unknown words, and page numbers, on the sticky note.

Blue:  We used the online text, All About Gravity, available through PK physical science to compare and contract online text features to those available in a paper copy of a book.  After that, we practiced using an online dictionary to identify the correct meaning of words according to the context of the section of text.   For HOMEWORK the students need to reread pages 4-15, and list unknown words, and pages numbers, on the sticky note I provided.

After our literacy block, the students enjoyed outdoor recess and lunch.

After lunch we began our math block.

During the teacher led, small group instruction we practiced representing multiplication situations using arrays and repeated addition problems.  During math with a partner, students engaged in math discourse as they rolled two dice, created an array using the numbers on the die, then wrote a repeated addition and a multiplication sentence to match the array.  Finally,  during the technology rotation, the students watched two short lessons, from Khan Academy, about multiplication, and then used their new skills as they played two games from the site.

Group 1:  We began by using tile squares to create array representing given multiplication sentences.  Then the students created an array and wrote a multiplication sentence to solve a word problem.

Group 2:   We began group with a multiplication word problem.  The students were challenged to use counters (square tiles) to represent the problem.  Then we wrote equations to determine the total number.  Finally, we analyzed what each number in our multiplication equation represented.  We repeated this scenario for a second word problem.

After group 2 met, the students went to PE with Mr. Benco.  When they returned to class, we continued with our math block.

Group 3:  We began by using tiles to represent a multiplication situation and then write an equation to match it.  Then we analyzed the equation  and explained what each number represented. After that, I presented a word problem and the children used white boards and markers to draw a representation and write an equation.  Again we analyzed what the numbers meant.

There is a word problem on Google Classroom, the homework page.  Students should draw an array and write an equation to match it.

After our math block we reviewed the various levels of government and read about Ike Leggett, the Montgomery County Executive who will be visiting us tomorrow.

Then we turned our attention to science.  We began by watching a video of a Rube Goldberg machine, a deliberately over-engineered machine.  This week the students will design and construct one using a series of pushes and pulls.