Terrific Tuesday

This morning the children practiced their keyboarding skills using the app Typing Club. After the announcements, we began science.

Today, during science, the students worked independently on two assignments in Google Classroom.  First, the children read a Google Slides presentation explaining how the body uses food.  Before reading they made a list of how they thought food is used.  Then, as they read the slides, they highlighted ways the body uses food.  After reading, the children returned to their lists, and using the highlighted portion of the text, they added and removed ways our body uses energy.

After that, they used a resource to help them draw a diagram of a food chain and a diagram of a food web.

As they worked I FINISHED my informal October reading assessments.

After science, we switched for math and took a Go Noodle brain break.  Then we began our rotations.

During the small group, teacher-led, instruction we practiced representing and solving comparative word problems involving any operation (not just multiplication) and with unknowns in any position.

During math with a partner, the students played a card game, similar to the game Headbandz, that helped them increase their multiplication fluency.

Finally, during the technology rotation, the students completed a word problem assignment on Prodigy.  Those who finished early practiced their basic facts using Xtra Math.


After math, the students enjoyed lunch and outdoor recess.  Then they went to PE.

When they returned to class, we began our literacy block.

While I met with guided reading groups the students completed a new WTW sort.  Then they completed their revisions and finalized their historical fiction story.  After that, they watched a Learn Zillion lesson about making inferences and took notes in their reading/writing journals.

Blue:  First we reviewed the concept of the main idea of text and the strategies we used to identify it.  Then we read pages 12 -13 and the students wrote main idea statements in their journals.  After sharing these statements they reread the section to identify 3 supporting details.

Orange:  We reviewed strategies to determine the main idea in text and then discussed turning the heading into a question.  After that, the children read pages 20-21 and wrote a main idea sentence.  Finally, we shared and discussed these.

Green:  We reviewed strategies to determine the main idea in text and then discussed turning the heading into a question.  After that, the children read pages 13 and 14 and wrote a main idea sentences for each.  Finally, we shared and discussed these.

The pink group was working with Mrs. Hostler so we didn't meet.