Terrific Tuesday

This morning, the students practiced their keyboarding skills, since it is Typing Tuesday.  Then, after the announcements, we were treated to a great presentation about protecting our hearing from our noisy planet.  This was sponsored by NIH.

After that, we took a walk around the outside of our building to make maps of our school yard, indicating the natural and human-made features that are present.

Next, we ate snack and began a shortened literacy block.  Students had time to catch up on unfinished work.  First, some students had to complete the vocabulary quiz from yesterday.  Next, the children completed a paragraph., using RACER, to explain why it is important for our neighborhood to protect the Chesapeake Bay.  Finally, they worked on researching the country which they will use to write their expository writing piece.

After our literacy block, we switched for math. 

Math began with an eliminate it, fraction warm up.  As we reviewed the warm up we got derailed (in a good way) by a mini lesson focusing on the difference between a mixed number and an improper fraction.  After that, we reviewed last night's homework.

Then, due to time constraints, we continued with a whole group math lesson.  First, we determined that fractions equal to one-half will have a numerator that is half of its denominator.  Then, we watched a quick video lesson explaining how to use one-half as a benchmark fraction to help us compare fractions.  Next, we solved some problems comparing fractions and took time to clearly explain our thinking.

Math homework is posted in Google Classroom.

After math, the students enjoyed outdoor recess and then lunch.

When they returned to the classroom, they had 20 more minutes to work on their science paragraph and their country research.  Then the children packed up and went to art, where they ended their day with Mrs. Daniell.