Not bad

I kind of am enjoying this 2 weeks off, 1 day on, 1 day off, 1 day on...schedule! :) We had a good day. It's hard to be super productive with lack of consistency due to our schedule but we've got heart! We completed our Math 4 Today this morning with two rows of problems. Then, we brought out the AMAZING LEGO StoryStarters and created the beginning of a story with descriptive details. Students took turns spinning the spinner and picking "details" to help create their story. We began a new read aloud today- The Beaded Moccasins by Lynda Durant. This is a historical fiction book about Mary Campbell and will help them understand Native Americans and Ohio and the conflicts between them and the settlers. (Such a good book!) In Reader's Workshop, we read the TFK "Year In Pictures" issue. They will be working with the comprehension and details of this magazine but also summarizing their very own Year in Pictures. Toward the end of Reader's Workshop, we visited the Hall of Illusions in the Media Center to see what our friends in Focus have been up to. After lunch and indoor recess, we worked on our Study Guide over fractions for our assessment on Friday. I discovered-and hopefully fixed-some misconceptions regarding comparing fractions but also realized that students seem to know more about fractions than they show on paper. They KNOW what an equivalent fraction is but have difficulty applying that concept to different instances. We'll keep working but we WILL be taking the assessment on Friday. Finally, we talked about what led up to the American Revolution in Social Studies. Most kiddos think Social Studies is boring because it's mainly reading and writing unlike Science which is mainly doing and experimenting so I was happy and a little surprised today when one student shared that she loved Social Studies because I made it more like a story than learning. :) Thanks!