Terrific Tuesday - Back from Break

This morning marked the end of Spring Break and a return to routine!!

When the children got to school, I was in an in-house meeting.  So, they complted the Monday and Tuesday sections of the vocabulary sheet for our new word of the week, rarely, and then practiced their keyboarding skills using Typing Club.  After the announcements, they switched for math.

Math began with a warm up that lasted longer than I had planned.  So, when I returned to class after my meeting, the students were still working on it.  :-0  NO worries!  I quickly switched  things around and we had a whole group lesson about using place value to compare numbers, involving decimals to the thousandths.

FIrst, we watched and discussed a Khan Academy lesson.  Then, we discussed and solved a couple of problems comparing numbers with decimals to the thousandths, as a group.  Finally, the children completed several problems, indepdently, and we reviewed the correct answers as a class.

Next, the children enjoyed lunch and outdoor recess.

When they returned to math, the students completed a session of Xtra Math and then placed an Around the Block board game which provided practice with comparing decimals to the thousandths.

I worked with a small group of students who chose to receive more guided practice with comparing decimals to the thousandths.

Math homework is poasted in GC.

After math, we began our literacy block.  We began by revieweing nfirst- and second- hand accoubnts and then identifying an author's claim as a point or argument that an author is trying to make or prove in his/her writing.

Then, while I met with guided nreading groups, the students worked on the following tasks.  First, they compelted the Monday and Tuesday section of their reading skills practice paper.  After that, they read an article about the Galveston Hurricane and identified it as a first- or second- hand account.  Next, they watched a skills lesson about compount sentences and completed the guided practice exercises.  After that, the worked on a character analysis for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, identifying how the main characters changed in the book.

Green:  We identified the article as a second-hand account.  Next, we reread the article, identifying facts supporting the author's claim that this was the most destructive storm in history.  Finally, we reviewed the Monday and Tuesday sections of the reading skills practice sheet focusing on main idea and point of view.

Pink:  We identified the article as a second-hand account.  Next, we reread the article, identifying facts supporting the author's claim that this was the most destructive storm in history.  Finally, we reviewed the Monday and Tuesday sections of the reading skills practice sheet focusing on main idea and point of view.

Blue:  We identified the article as a second-hand account.  Next, we reread the article, identifying facts supporting the author's claim that this was the most destructive storm in history.  Then, I modeled how to wirte a written response stating the claim, identifying facts, and explaining how the facts back up the claim.  Finally, we reviewed the Monday and Tuesday sections of the reading skills practice sheet focusing on main idea and point of view.

The children ended their day in art, with Mrs. Daniell, while I attended our weekly team planning meeting.