Terrific Tuesday - A Very Special Visitor

THis morning, prior to the announcements, I worked with some students to finish their informative paragraphs and to answer the questions on the Government capture sheet.  All other students reading quietly or practiced keyboarding.

After the announcements we began our literacy block.  First, I reviewed the expectations for the opinion paragraph.  Then we reviewed the difference between a fact and an opinion.  Then I modeled how to complete the organizer for the paragraph and showed the students a finished opinion paragraph.

After that, the children began their independent work.

Today students were expected to complete their informative paragraph, if they haven't done so.  Then, all students watched a screencast showing how to complete the opinion paragraph. You can view it here.  After that, the children worked on the text feature scavenger hunt, using their guided reading book.  Next they practiced their word work words by writing them three times each, or completing a meaning check for 10 more words.  Finally, if they had time, they practiced writing the letters r and s in cursive.

I met with some of the groups, but not all, due to our very special visitor.

Orange:  We did some word work looking at the two sounds the letter g makes.  Then we identified text features in their book.

After the orange group, we all went to the media center to greet our very special visit, Mr. Ike Leggett, the County Executive.  He spoke to us about the keys of success and then answered many questions.

After that, we returned to class and took a Go Noodle brain break.  Next the students continued working in dependently and I met with some individual students working on the inquiry project and other points of confusion and frustration.

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

When we returned to class we began our math block.

When working with me, the students worked on representing and interpreting multiplication situations.  During math with a partner, the students used our newly created word splash to engage in math discourse as they created multiplication equations, by rolling dice, then drew an array and identified the product.  Finally, during the technology rotation, the students viewed another lesson, about multiplication, via Khan Academy and then practiced the skill using a game on that site.

Group 1:  First we practiced drawing pictures to represent multiplication equations and identify the product.  Then we discovered that any number times 1 equals itself and any number times 0 equals zero.  Finally, we practiced those understandings.

Group 2:  First we practiced drawing pictures to represent multiplication equations and identify the product. Then the students drew a representation and wrote an equation to find the solution to a multiplication word problem.  Next we discovered that any number times 1 equals itself and any number times 0 equals zero.  Finally, we practiced those understandings.

Group 3:  First the students drew a representation and wrote an equation to find the solution to a multiplication word problem.  Next we discovered that any number times 1 equals itself and any number times 0 equals zero.  Finally, we practiced those understandings.

There is homework posted in Google Classroom this evening!

After math we selected playing cards to form random groups for our next science project.  Then we began reviewing the expectations.  The children will collaborate to create a Rube Goldberg machine to solve a problem that they identify.

That's as far as we got...LOL...because Mrs. Allaire visited us to talk about the Black Eyed Susan award and reading 8 of the books so that we can participate in the voting.   After that she read one of the books to us.