Terrific Tuesday

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

Math began with a warm up involving decimals and place value.  After that, we reviewed the homework from last night.  Then, we began our rotations.

During the small group lesson we used our understanding of place value to explain patterns in the number of zeroes of the product when multiplying whole numbers by poowers of ten.  During math with a partner, the students played a Tic Tac Toe board game to practice identifying the valiue of an expression.  Finally, during the technology rotation, the students completed a session of Xtra Math.  Then, they watched two Learn Zillion lessons about using powers of ten.

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

Math homework is posted in GC.

After math, we began our literacy block.  First, we finished reading Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.  Next, the chidlren worked independently, on the following tasks, while I met with guided reading groups.

First, the children compelted the Tuesday section of the reading skills page which focused on sorting character traits and feelings.  After that, they read two accounts of the same event and identified each as either first or second hand accounts.  They also compared and constrasted the two texts.  Next, the children published their fiction story and worked on an accompanying illustration for our Student Treasures book.  Finally, they read about the lost colony of Roanoke and began a Flocabulary assignment about the early settlements.

Green:  First, we reviewed the reading skills task of sorting character traits and feelings.  After that, we reviewed first- and second- hand accounts of the same event.  We also compared and contrasted the two texts.

Pink:   First, we reviewed the reading skills task of sorting character traits and feelings.  After that, we reviewed first- and second- hand accounts of the same event.  We also compared and contrasted the two texts.

Blue:  First, we reviewed the reading skills task of sorting character traits and feelings.  After that, we reviewed first- and second- hand accounts of the same event.  We also compared and contrasted the two texts.

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