A lot of tweets!

Today provided quite a bit of opportunity for me to tweet pictures of our work so be sure to check them out!
We continued manipulating our Numbers of the Week with addition and subtraction of our numbers and estimation to check our answers. Then, we played Dictionary Roll-a-Word to practice using the dictionary. (We found out that pork chop is actually two words and not in the dictionary--random fact!) In Reader's Workshop, we read a little from The Giver and found out what happened with Rosemary, the previously selected Receiver. Then, we read Elijah's Angels about Christmas and Hanukkah. They decided the theme and author's message is that friendship is the same, regardless of religion and we show respect to each other by discussing, learning and listening about everyone's beliefs. We then, showed comprehension and understanding by following directions to create a dreidel and play the dreidel game. After recess, we went to the computer lab for Hour of Code where Mrs. Olson taught us how to code-make programs run on the computer. We used code.org and had a lot of fun with Anna, Elsa and Angry Birds! We took a brief intermission for a fire drill and then finished up. Once finished with coding, we came back to the room and played Fraction Blackjack where we tried to get as close to one whole without going over. Finally, our day concluded with learning more about the Adena people of Ohio through an Ohio Studies Weekly.