This time, it was Ella home sick with a sinus infection and ear infection so I took my shift-the afternoon. We had a familiar substitute so hopefully, things were great. Here's what we did this morning and what was supposed to happen in the afternoon:
We completed our Math 4 Today and within today's problems, we were able to make a connection to what we began in math workshop yesterday. They had to shade 2/6 of the sets. I helped them to see that they were really just multiplying a fraction (2/6) times a whole number (the total number in the set.) It was a big a-ha! for some of them. Then, we practiced homophones and learned some new vocabulary too-troupe (troop), hostile and hostel, compliments vs. complements... Afterwards, I gave them another prompt for a short writing experience. I needed to reiterate that short refers to the amount of time, not the amount of writing, however. They got started but we had a fire drill and weren't able to complete today so we'll be finishing with the same prompt tomorrow. In music, they learned a new note or two on the recorder! Students are starting to connect more to Love That Dog and to poetry more too. They are noticing how Jack, the main character is changing throughout the story and how he's growing as a writer by being inspired by other great authors/poets. Afterward, we completed some practice PARCC questions that accompanied a poem. Students blogged, read, visited the library and wrote poetry to add to our class POETree. (Ha! I kill myself!) This afternoon, in math workshop, they were to read a book, The Doorbell Rang to jumpstart their work with multiplying fractions with whole numbers. Then, they worked with beans to complete riddles. In Social Studies, they completed an Ohio Studies Weekly about the Frontier Wars. Ohio is getting close to becoming a state...!
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