Terrific Tuesday

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

Math began with a measurement Eliminate One warm up.  Then, we reviewed last night's homework.  After that, the students completed a graded, 2 problem Exit Card for the skill of interpreting remainders.  These have been graded and returned to students.  Look for them in home folders this evening.

After returning the Exit Cards, we reviewed the 2 problems and then began math rotations.

During the small group instruction we solved problems involving mass.  The focus was converting grams to kilograms and vice versa.  During math with a partner, the students got to choose between playing the elapsed time Toss and Talk, the Squares game from last week, or Multiplication War.  During the technology portion, the students completed a session of Xtra Math, watched a Brain Pop lesson about measuring mass, and then practiced calculating elapsed time using links in the Live Binder.

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

Math homework is posted in GC.

After math, we began our literacy block.  First we reviewed a Story Works article about the Louisiana Flood of 2016 and watched a video to gain some background knowledge.

Next, we read about the Engineering Design Process and discussed it.

While I met with small groups the students worked independently on the following tasks.  First, they read an article, about the Louisiana floods, called, "Our World Turned to Water."  Then, they used some close reading questions to prepare for guided reading groups.  After that, students completed the final version of their persuasive writing piece.  Next, the students reread the passage about the engineering design process and completed some comprehension questions.  Finally, the students worked on their Native American brochure.

I met with all three reading groups and discussed the article using the close discussion questions.

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