Fabulous Friday

This morning the children completed the Friday portion of the vocabulary sheet for our word of the week, eliminate. After that, they chose which academic skill to practice since it is Free Choice Friday.  After watching the announcements, we switched for math.

Math began with a numeric warm up forcing students to use guess and check and to be persistent.  After that, we reviewed last night's homework and then began our rotations.

During the small group instruction, we focused on solving problems involving angle measurement.  During math with a partner, the students played a game called "Roll A Row", which helped them practiced identifying the measurement of angles using fractional pieces of a circle.  Finally, during the technology portion, the students completed a session of Xtra Math.  Then they watched a Learn Zillion lesson about complementary and supplementary angles.  Those who finished early played, "Age of Angles" to practice estimating angle measurement based upon their knowledge of fractions of a circle.

Since the students were so focused and on task today we ended math with a quick game of Kahoot, focusing on angles and angle measurement.

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

After math, we began our literacy block with a writing lesson.  Today we focused on editing and revising our writing for misused words and sentence fragments.  First, we identified the meaning and examples of the words two/too/to and its/it's and added them to our proofreading charts.  Next, we looked at a sample narrative and analyzed each sentence to determine if it was complete.  Those missing either a subject or a verb were corrected.  After that, the students revisited their drafts and revised them for correct word use and to fix any sentence fragments.

Next, we began our independent work block.  First, the students used several online resources to further research the origins, destinations, goals, and interactions, of the European explorer they selected yesterday.  After that, they completed an organizer for their next opinion writing piece about banning fidget spinners.     Next, the students continued working on the opportunity quizlet that they began yesterday.

As they worked, I did some informal reading assessments and helped students with their personal narrative revisions.

At the end of the day we had a social studies (economic) lesson.  First we reviewed the vocabulary from yesterday.  Then, we reviewed the importance of crabbing in Maryland.  After that, the students played a crabbing simulation game that reinforced the problem with over-crabbing and the concept of opportunity cost, since they had to choose between taking crabs out of the bay or saving them.