Terrific Tuesday

With our late arrival, due to the ice, the students began the day by completing the Tuesday portion of the vocabulary sheet for our word of the week, decrease.  Then, they practiced their keyboarding skills using the web site, Typing Club.

After the announcements, we began a social studies lesson.  First, we reviewed what we had learned about Christopher Columbus's origin, destination, and goals.  Then, we added the information to a chart we will use to keep track of many of the European explorers.   Next, we read a section of text about John Cabot, and added his information to the chart.

The students then enjoyed lunch.  When they returned to class, we switched for math.

Math began with a quick, Eliminate It, fraction warm up.  Then, we reviewed last night's homework.  Next, the children took a formative covering word problems involving fractions and time.  When the children were done, they completed a session of Xtra Math.

The formatives have been graded and returned to students.  We will go over it in class tomorrow.

Math homework is posted in GC.

After math, we began our literacy block with a writing lesson.  After reviewing what we have learned about writing personal narratives, and the rubric I will use to grade their final piece, the students reread all of their drafts and selected one to take through the writing process.  Then, they worked on finishing that narrative, and adding transitional words and phrases and sensory details to it, as they ate snack.

After writing, we reread the text about the Colombian Exchange and identified the effects of it.

Finally, the students ended their day in art with Mrs. Daniell.