Storms

Well, there are definitely some kiddos with a fear of storms in our class... I gave out some free hugs after a few cracks of thunder and a power glitch! :)

This morning, Mr. Buss and Mr. Smith led the students in an activity with dialogue and punctuating quotation marks correctly. They used pictures of themselves making expressions and partnered up to make a conversation. Good times! Then, in The City of Ember, Lina began her messenger job and is tasked with a message to the mayor. She doesn't know yet, but this message is the beginning of something big. After read aloud, students worked with Mr. Buss and Mr. Smith to share discussion and understanding of the paired text about toy safety from StoryWorks. We also had time to read independently, visit the library and blog. In Math Workshop today, we were a little disjointed compared to yesterday. I was enthralled at how well the differentiation of learning went yesterday but today, it seemed a little too chaotic. I think they all still learned and continued to be in charge of their learning but I felt that I didn't have as good of a grasp on their understanding and security as I did previously. It's ok. I'll be a little more organized with the chaos tomorrow! Finally, we began our Science Inquiry unit on electricity but first, we watched the Electricity song from School House Rocks!