Wonderful Wednesday

This morning the students listed synonyms and antonyms for their vocabulary word of the week, assess.  After that, they tried to make words out of the letters n the word, lemonade, since it is Word Wednesday.  Following the announcements, we switched for math.

In my math class, we took our first formative.  These have been graded and returned to students.  They are in the math section of the binder...check them out!

After the formative, the children enjoyed lunch and outdoor recess.

When they returned to math, we watched an instructional video about comparing and ordering numbers.  Then I passed back the formative.

Next, my homeroom visited the media center for a lesson about Digital Citizenship, with Mrs. Allaire.

We finally, began our literacy block when we got back to the classroom.  First, we defined and discussed the difference between point of view and perspective.  After that, we read the realistic fiction story, Pop's Bridge, and discussed point of view, perspective, and setting.  Then, the students worked independently, for a short amount of time, while I called each reading group and they chose a name.  Additionally, during this time, Mr. Gillenwater, the instrumental music teacher, began pulling a few students at a time to discuss instrument choices.

Then, we began drafting this blog and continued reading Wonder.

Next, we took a Go Noodle brain break and began our writing lesson.  We listened to Allen Say's story, The Bicycle Man, based on events in his own life.  Then, the students began a topic list of ideas from their life they could write about.  Finally, they wrote for 15 minutes either adding to their list, working on a piece they had already started, or beginning a new piece of writing.

HW:  read for 20 minutes, GC - math