Terrific Tuesday

This morning, the children completed the Tuesday section of their vocabulary sheet for our word of the week, compare.  Then they practiced their keyboarding skills using Typing Club.  After the announcements, we switched for math.

We began math with a multiplication warm up and then reviewed last night's homework.  After that, we began our rotations.

During the small group instruction, we developed an understanding of the perimeter formula for a rectangle, and used it to calculate the measurement of unknown sides.  During math with a partner, the students played a board game called Snakes to continue working with partial products.  Finally, during the technology portion, the students completed a session of Xtra math and then used the multiplication Live Binder to choose a game and work on their multiplication skills.

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

Math homework is posted on GC.

After math, we began our literacy block with a writing lesson.  We reviewed yesterday's persuasive essay, "Bugs are Creepy, " and discussed the author's purpose and intended audience.  Then we read a new essay, "Bugs are Amazing," and determined the author's opinion and intended audience.  After that, we brainstormed some opinions we could use for persuasive essays and began a class topic list.  Finally, the students had 10 minutes to add to their own topic list.

While we ate snack, we reviewed today's independent work tasks.  First, the children used their guided reading texts, the chart we completed in guided reading groups, and the RACER slides to  summarize how the Native American societies used the environment to meet their needs for food, clothing, and shelter.   Prior to working on this independently, because it is a graded assignment, we did rehearse it orally.  Next, the children worked on their writing, by adding to their topic list, working on a piece they have already started, or beginning a new piece, for 15-20 minutes.  Finally, they reviewed the social studies web quest that we started after our literacy block.

As the children worked, I met with a group of students who missed our reading groups on Friday.  We read and highlighted the text about the Eastern Woodland Native Americans.  Then we paraphrased to summarize the text on our chart.

After our literacy block we took a much needed Go Noodle brain break.

Then we began a social studies web quest.  After reviewing the introduction, the tasks, and the process, the students were put in groups, randomly, and chose their expert jobs.

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