Friday, May 16, 2014
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Week of May 12, 2014
I know, so sad that my daily blog has become more of a weekly one... sorry but here is our week:
We have begun every day with Genius Hour. What has your kiddo been researching? In Math, students are working on one of two projects. Either "Life in a Geometrical Town" or making a 3-D scale model of their bedroom. In Reader's Workshop, we've been working with Time for Kids and our StoryWorks as well as just reading for pleasure and working on puzzles to help with critical thinking. Finally, we began writing a narrative based on a LEGO character that we created.
This afternoon, we created our t-shirts for Field Day. I'm going to take them home over the required 72-hours and wash them inside out. They will be waiting here for your kiddos on Monday morning to change into.
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Tomorrow is our field trip to the zoo! I'll post, hopefully, lots of fun pictures from our trip!
We have begun every day with Genius Hour. What has your kiddo been researching? In Math, students are working on one of two projects. Either "Life in a Geometrical Town" or making a 3-D scale model of their bedroom. In Reader's Workshop, we've been working with Time for Kids and our StoryWorks as well as just reading for pleasure and working on puzzles to help with critical thinking. Finally, we began writing a narrative based on a LEGO character that we created.
This afternoon, we created our t-shirts for Field Day. I'm going to take them home over the required 72-hours and wash them inside out. They will be waiting here for your kiddos on Monday morning to change into.
Tomorrow is our field trip to the zoo! I'll post, hopefully, lots of fun pictures from our trip!
Friday, May 9, 2014
TGIF! May 9
We had an odd day because the 5th grade students needed absolute quiet during their final OAA today. So, we began with taking a M4T test. Then, we read about fossils and completed some comprehension questions about what we read. Finally, we watched the movie, Cars. We're calling it a celebration of the end of testing. :) After lunch and outside recess (thanks, rain for staying away!), we finished Bud, Not Buddy and then went to a dance party in the gym for the 4th and 5th grade students. We came back to the room and Mrs. Vidic came in for Guidance.
Happy Mother's Day!!
Happy Mother's Day!!
Thursday, May 8, 2014
... Thursday, May 8
Sorry that it has been awhile--stressful times: i.e. my daughter broke her foot, my husband is finally back from China! :), OAA's...
Last Friday, we prepared ourselves for testing by moving the furniture and seats to give us more room to work. We also played a Vocabulary Quiz Game Show on the Smart Board.
On Monday, we focused our economic discussion on entrepreneurs and used Skype to learn about starting a business. We Skyped with Trew, one of the founders of Tom + Chee-a new restaurant coming to Hilliard in June with a grilled cheese and tomato soup specialty. Hopefully, your kiddo told you about this discussion. (I tweeted about it too, as did Mr. Hennes on our Alton Darby twitter feed and we were retweeted by HCSD!) Another thing we did to prepare for testing was to use a video game remote CONTROL to focus on the plethora of things we CAN control with the OAA's. This was really informative to them and I think they felt empowered.
On Tuesday, students worked extremely hard on the Reading OAA. I was uber impressed! By the way, they LOVED their notes of encouragement from home!! Thank you to those that sent notes in!! That afternoon, we completed obstacle courses in a group special with 4th and 5th grade students and practiced math for the next OAA.
Yesterday, after our Brain Gym exercises, we took the Math OAA. I didn't see as much effort as I did the day before but maybe they were more confident in Math? I'm not sure but I let them keep their booklets for a little longer and I noticed that quite a few of them went back and checked and re-checked their work. They each got a medal for completing the OAA!! I was out in the afternoon because Ella was getting her cast put on but Mr. S filled in and did a good job. There were a few issues but I took care of them this morning and hopefully all was resolved. They had a lesson introduces Genius Hour and I'm going to let your child tell you more about what this is.
Today, we began with the students catching me up on Genius Hour from yesterday and finished picking their topics. Then, after Music, we re-arranged the tables, thanks to the design of Samuel, and then played Farkle and/or Yahtzee! After a blazing and sweaty recess, we went back to the Media Center for a second lesson on Genius Hour. When we returned to our room, we completed the work that was started yesterday in Reader's Workshop and Writer's Workshop, read silently, visited the library and finished the Thank You letter to Trew from Tom + Chee for Skyping with us.
It's been such a busy, crazy week and we're not even finished yet!
Last Friday, we prepared ourselves for testing by moving the furniture and seats to give us more room to work. We also played a Vocabulary Quiz Game Show on the Smart Board.
On Monday, we focused our economic discussion on entrepreneurs and used Skype to learn about starting a business. We Skyped with Trew, one of the founders of Tom + Chee-a new restaurant coming to Hilliard in June with a grilled cheese and tomato soup specialty. Hopefully, your kiddo told you about this discussion. (I tweeted about it too, as did Mr. Hennes on our Alton Darby twitter feed and we were retweeted by HCSD!) Another thing we did to prepare for testing was to use a video game remote CONTROL to focus on the plethora of things we CAN control with the OAA's. This was really informative to them and I think they felt empowered.
On Tuesday, students worked extremely hard on the Reading OAA. I was uber impressed! By the way, they LOVED their notes of encouragement from home!! Thank you to those that sent notes in!! That afternoon, we completed obstacle courses in a group special with 4th and 5th grade students and practiced math for the next OAA.
Yesterday, after our Brain Gym exercises, we took the Math OAA. I didn't see as much effort as I did the day before but maybe they were more confident in Math? I'm not sure but I let them keep their booklets for a little longer and I noticed that quite a few of them went back and checked and re-checked their work. They each got a medal for completing the OAA!! I was out in the afternoon because Ella was getting her cast put on but Mr. S filled in and did a good job. There were a few issues but I took care of them this morning and hopefully all was resolved. They had a lesson introduces Genius Hour and I'm going to let your child tell you more about what this is.
Today, we began with the students catching me up on Genius Hour from yesterday and finished picking their topics. Then, after Music, we re-arranged the tables, thanks to the design of Samuel, and then played Farkle and/or Yahtzee! After a blazing and sweaty recess, we went back to the Media Center for a second lesson on Genius Hour. When we returned to our room, we completed the work that was started yesterday in Reader's Workshop and Writer's Workshop, read silently, visited the library and finished the Thank You letter to Trew from Tom + Chee for Skyping with us.
It's been such a busy, crazy week and we're not even finished yet!
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Thursday, May 1
We spent a lot of time out of the classroom today! We started in the computer lab working on our Fossil Webquest. Then, after Music, we played a Math Game Show in the Media Center. After recess, we went back to the Media Center and played a Vocabulary Game Show. Finally, we came back to the room, read silently and wrote Invitation Poetry. Busy day!
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Wednesday, April 30
Our day began in the Computer Lab working on a Webquest on Fossils. Students take on a role-archaeologist, geologist, paleontologist or reporter-and do their part to find information about fossils. After Art, we visited Mrs. Dornburgh's class to listen to their research presentation on animals. Our kiddos did a good job listening and asking questions and they did an amazing job on their research and presentation! For Math, we finished our practice around the room and then went over our answers. How did your child do? Unfortunately, we aren't ducks so we had recess inside today. Then, we listened to Bud, Not Buddy. After listening, we wrote some characteristics about Herman E. Calloway and Bud--how they've changed throughout the story. In Reader's Workshop, we got caught up on some of the work we have been working on this week, read silently (ish) and broadened our vocabulary. Then, we continued our work with writing an invitation poem, from yesterday, or worked with parts of speech in Mad Libs.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Tuesday, April 29
Students work so much harder on their Math 4 Today when it is Technology Tuesday... Anyway, we worked on our M4T and then used our technology to get our brains going. Emma was very involved in homeroom this morning and may kiddos read with her! (The compassion and care that some of these students have is amazing!)
After getting our brains worked up, we finished watching the Bill Nye video about fossils and then went to gym. After gym, we switched things up a little for Math. I took a practice OAA and they had to grade and score my assessment. They had to decide if my answer was correct and if not, had to correct it. Then, they scored my assessment--I failed. :( They caught most of my mistakes and were able to fix them AND also explain what I did wrong. Good job analyzing! We then walked around the room answering practice questions.
The rain stopped just in time for recess and we were able to play outside--it was glorious! After recess, we listened to Bud, Not Buddy and wrote down an inference that we made along with evidence as to why/how we felt this way. In Reader's Workshop, we worked with a Time For Kids about video games and learned some new vocabulary--does your child know what equine means?? We also read silently and independently. We worked with poetry in Writer's Workshop today. We were a little competitive with Funglish yesterday so we're going to take a day off. :)
After getting our brains worked up, we finished watching the Bill Nye video about fossils and then went to gym. After gym, we switched things up a little for Math. I took a practice OAA and they had to grade and score my assessment. They had to decide if my answer was correct and if not, had to correct it. Then, they scored my assessment--I failed. :( They caught most of my mistakes and were able to fix them AND also explain what I did wrong. Good job analyzing! We then walked around the room answering practice questions.
The rain stopped just in time for recess and we were able to play outside--it was glorious! After recess, we listened to Bud, Not Buddy and wrote down an inference that we made along with evidence as to why/how we felt this way. In Reader's Workshop, we worked with a Time For Kids about video games and learned some new vocabulary--does your child know what equine means?? We also read silently and independently. We worked with poetry in Writer's Workshop today. We were a little competitive with Funglish yesterday so we're going to take a day off. :)
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