Perfect weather for outside classroom!

Our morning began with creating a plot map for our fictional narratives. After we figured out where our story was going, we began writing. I noticed that the writing was much more focused after creating this plan. Then, after Music, we decided that since it was so nice outside, we'd show Mr. Buss our outdoor classroom space. We read The City of Ember while enjoying the gorgeous fresh air! We are still getting to know the characters and setting of Ember so not much is happening right now. Once we got back inside :( , we began reading a new story in our StoryWorks, Up From Slavery, and worked on understanding some new vocabulary words. We also read independently and took some time to count up our blogs and how many we have left to complete our 30-book challenge. In Math Workshop today, we tried to work on all of the measurement that deals with angles and students did a great job applying their understanding. At the end of the day, we had a bonus special by helping out in Music with the 3rd graders and recorders.