Monday, September 30

Hello! In Science, we continued to work on our Weathering, Erosion and Deposition Inquiry project. The kiddos are making great connections between what they are doing in class and what happens to Earth's surface. Woohoo! In Math, we read a book about strategies to help us multiply our numbers, The Best of Times by Greg Tang. It is not good to simply memorize basic facts. If we understand the strategies, we can solve any problems with those numbers. For example, 8's. 8 x 4 = 32. Double 4 (8), double 8 (16), double 16 (32). So, 8 x 15 = 120 because: Double 15 (30), double 30 (60), double 60 (120). We also practiced the area method for solving multi-digit multiplication problems. Can your kiddo show you this method? After recess, we read more from Nightmare at the Book Fair. This time we read from the Adventure genre. Students shared that there was danger and action in this chapter. In Reader's Workshop, we practiced/reviewed parts of speech by completing Mad Libs. Fun! We also focused on characteristics of the characters in our independent reads. This is a way to show close reading~paying attention to details. In Writer's Workshop, we took that thought about characters from reading and applied it to writing narratives-fictional and personal. We rolled our story dice to get characters, setting and plot, and wrote about A police officer, on an island that helps a friend. We will work with the basics of writing narratives more this week and I'm sure will come up with some great stories! We finished the day with a pre-test but did not have time to write our words in our planners so check tomorrow for them.

**Have your child greet me with, "Here's looking at you kid," tomorrow to receive a warm fuzzy!

Friday, September 27

TGIF! I have never needed a weekend more... this cold is sticking around way too long! Hopefully, after a couple days of rest, I'll be back in tip-top shape. I miss my bubbly self! Anyway, we had a great teachable moment this morning during our inquiry project on weathering, erosion and deposition. Yesterday, they read about Ohio's glacier and how it carved out the land. So, today, while working with our sand, soil and gravel, they put an ice cube on top of each. They soon finally started to realize how their small simulations related to the bigger picture of our Earth. We will keep working with these concepts next week but while out and about this weekend, if you see any teachable moments, take them! In Math, we finished up with our math menu on multiplication from this week. We are by no means finished with multiplication but we are making progress. Please keep practicing those facts at home! In Nightmare at the Book Fair, Trip got away from Professor Psycho and ended up at the Super Bowl! Students also got their Book Genre Bingo forms. They need to read 5 different styles/genres of literature to get a Book Bingo. They have from now until the end of the year to complete this. Heck, if they return it next school year, I'd still reward them. In Reader's Workshop, they created words that fit their word study generalization by playing spelling games like Boggle and Words on my Mind as well as wrting a response about their favorite characters, setting and books. I can't wait to read these! We completed our day by writing about what comforts us. We used opinion writing in a different way by writing WHY things comfort us instead of choosing one thing or another.

**Have your child come to me Monday and say, "Purple Pancakes," and I'll give them a warm fuzzy for you reading the blog! Thank you!

Thursday, September 26

The students had a substitute this morning, Mr. Metz, and from his report, they had an overall good morning. The students told me that they needed reminded to get quiet though. In Social Studies, they learned about the glacier that carved through Ohio. They also learned a little bit about the ice age and played a game about it. In Math, they worked on their math menu and had pictures taken. After lunch and recess, we began our new read aloud book. We are reading Nightmare at the Book Fair by Dan Gutman. It is a great read! Each chapter gives the students a look into a different genre of literature. It is hilarious too because each genre is exaggerated. Ask your kiddo if they liked my imitation of Professor Psycho. In Reader's Workshop, we read, visited the library, read blogs by students and commented on them and wrote good, 4th grade sentences using our word study words. Would you rather spend the day as a ninja or pirate? Students wrote their opinions to this question and created evidence to support their opinion. They were great to read! Finally, we, unfortunately, ended the day with a lecture from me about respect and responsibility. Our rule that "Every child shall be safe and able to learn," is not being followed by all. I gave out some warm fuzzies to those that were helpful and quiet this afternoon and had to pass out some behavior reflections and give some warnings. Tomorrow will be a NO EXCUSE day. If kiddos are breaking the rule or core virtues, in any way, a behavior reflection sheet will be coming home. I hope not many though-hopefully my words this afternoon resonated with them.

Wednesday, September 25

Our first Late Start went well. Our morning was short! We worked on our Math Menu and then went to special and from special to lunch and recess. After recess, we finished Wonder. Sniff. Sniff. I LOVED it. What was your kiddos opinion? I also related the book to our behavior. At the end of the day, the same kids showed respect, responsibility and giving by cleaning up the classroom and the same kids didn't. I told the "Jack"s, "Summer"s and "Auggie"s to shine brighter than the "Julian"s of the class. This really hit them. Hopefully, tomorrow with a sub in the morning (I'll be at training), they can show that they understood my analogy. After we finished Read Aloud, students worked on their Prove-it for Word Study, read or visited the library and updated their kidblog. We ended the day writing our opinions on a better place to spend the day--the beach or an amusement park.

Picture Day is tomorrow!!

Tuesday, September 24

What a good day! In Science, we continued with our inquiry project on Weathering, Erosion and Deposition. The students are able to tell me what happened to their soil, sand and gravel but are having trouble making the connection to the Earth. Maybe if you are out and about, you could point out some evidence you may see of these processes or how Earth's surface has changed over the years. The biggest challenge is that these are very slow processes but what we've done in class to simulate is a quick process. We'll continue working on this-inquiry is a marathon, not a sprint. In Math, students practiced solving extended facts (3 x 2 = 6; 3 x 20 = 60; 3 x 200 = 600) and learned the area or rectangle method for solving 4-digit by 1-digit multiplication. In 4th grade, kiddos aren't expected to learn the traditional method for multiplication. Ask your child to show you how this method works. The majority should be able to show you. After lunch and recess, we went to the media center and learned about the Buckeye Children's Book Award nominees. I'm ecstatic to discover that Wonder is up for the award!! Mrs. Dorr also read us a picture book nominated and gave us a brief introduction to the other books nominated. I know what I'll be voting for! After learning that Wonder was nominated, we wanted to read more so we came back and read about Auggie and his FRIENDS! We will be finishing the book tomorrow and I'm a little sad to see it end... In Writer's Workshop, we worked more with opinions and forming a written opinion with reasons and evidence to back them up. We finished the day with sorting our spelling words.

Don't forget that tomorrow is LATE START! See you at 10:50!

Monday, September 23

I am still a little under the weather so the class being noisy and my voice being icky made listening a little inefficient. Anyway, we managed to get through the day! We began our day with a Science Inquiry project on Weathering and Erosion. They love Science because they get to DO but they can't forget the learning part too. In Math, we worked with multiplication. Students NEED to know their basic facts--no student scored proficient, or even above 60%, with their basic facts timed test when given 5 minutes. Yuck! We have gone away from timed tests as a district and I don't really believe in limiting students on the time they get to work, however, when it comes to their basic multiplication facts, in order to move on to 4-digit by 1-digit, knowing those facts and knowing them quickly is important. Please help your kiddo to practice these this week so that they don't struggle when learning tougher products this week. We also looked at arrays in Math in finding factors for numbers by reading One Hundred Hungry Ants. (A-hey and a-hi dee ho!) After recess, we went to the Library Media Center to take the TRAILS test. I'm not sure what they acronym stands for but it is a 16 question assessment on using sources and the library. It fits in with the Common Core in English/Language Arts and Mrs. Dorr does a great job going over the assessment results with the children and when they take it again in the Spring, they show tremendous improvement. When we came back, we read from Wonder. I'm not sure about your child, but this has become my new "favorite book!" It is worth the overdue fees I'm going to pay! :) Students also had some time to read silently. Quite a few kiddos need to build their stamina with reading. They have been choosing picture books only and not really reading when they are supposed to read independently. Please help them to build this stamina by reading 20 minutes at a time at home and choosing books that are longer and they have to return to instead of finishing in one sitting. In Writer's Workshop, we talked about opinions and persuasive writing. It is wonderful to have opinions and to express those opinions but they also need to be backed up with evidence and facts. We worked just on forming opinions and one reason for this opinion but will build this to three reasons with evidence and facts by the end of the unit. 4th graders should write multiple paragraphs. Finally, we concluded our day with a pre-test for Word Study. Their list is written in their planners if you'd like to peruse it. (If not, they didn't have enough time and will finish it in the morning.)

It's Friday, Friday, Friday, September 20

TGIF! Cough. Sneeze. Sniff... I've caught a cold. I'll bet the children will tell you how lovely my voice sounded today. They even tried to talk me out of Read Aloud because they were worried I wouldn't be able to do the voices as well. :) We finished up our Ohio Studies Weekly's on Ohio and the Constitution. These newspapers/magazines not only teach us about Social Studies concepts but also help us learn to SEARCH for information, skim, understand what we've read and many other reading and writing and vocabulary skills. If you still receive the newspaper, it would be great to have your child read parts of this with you and you can help them to search, skim and comprehend. In Math, we completed our subtraction activity on the explorelearning.com website. I liked it and the children seemed to enjoy it as well. I hope to use it a few more times over the 30-day free trial. In Wonder, we learned a little bit about Miranda, Via's best friend from before high school. They took a brief break but seem to be finding their way back to each other. We are almost finished with this book (which is good because it is overdue at the library and incurring fines...) and the final section comes back to August. In Reader's Workshop, students played spelling games--Boggle, Spill and Spell, Words in my Head--and checked out Destiny Quest on the computer, as well as reading silently. Final copies of book reviews are finished and will be mailed into Scholastic. I've got my fingers crossed that some of them might be published! We finished our day cleaning out our personal space and getting a little more organized.

Arrrgh! Thursday, September 19

Ahoy Mateys! Happy National Talk Like a Pirate Day! Visit Krispy Kreme for a free donut when you talk like a pirate or if you dress like a pirate, you get a dozen free!

In Guidance, Mrs. Vidic talked with the students about fears and how to address fears. It was a very nice discussion. Sometimes it is good to recognize and not be ashamed of our fears because the more we talk about them, the more we realize that we all have fears and can help each other through them. After Art, we went to the computer lab and worked on multiple digit subtraction using a "Gizmo" on explorelearning.com. I signed us up for a free 30-day trial. I'm trying to find resources that fit within the 21st century learning model and our new common core state standards--it's difficult but I'm trying! (If you ever happen upon something that you think could be helpful, please pass it along! Free is best... ) After indoor recess, we read Wonder. Unfortunately, Daisy did not make it. It was so sad! For Reader's Workshop today, we read How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long and David Shannon. Then, we made illustrations of what we would look like as pirates--including our pirate name (I'm Princess Landlubber). After that, we used our colorful illustrations to spark a story about our pirate selves. In Writer's Workshop, we continued our work with our Book Reviews. I'm going to mail them in to Scholastic over the weekend so they need to be finished tomorrow. Finally, we proved that we understand this week's spelling generalization by finding words around the room that fit the short vowel pattern.

Wednesday, September 18

We began our day with celebrating Constitution Day! It was actually yesterday but I had forgotten until watching Jeopardy reminded me. :) So, in honor of this momentous day, we read, We, the Kids and watched a School House Rocks video on the Preamble. These both helped the kiddos to understand the complexity of the Constitution and better understand the meaning behind this document. Then, we worked on an Ohio Studies Weekly about the US Constitution. Ask your kiddos if they know what this document is about. (On a side note, they are auditioning for Kids Jeopardy right now if you'd like to register your child. You have to register them and then they take an online test on September 25. Just google Kids Jeopardy!) In Math, we learned the standard algorithm for subtraction. We visualize this with base-10 blocks so if your child is practicing, they may be talking about trading in for longs or flats--this is what they are doing. Maybe they could explain their thinking to you. In Wonder, we got to a really emotional part--Daisy isn't doing so well and Mom is headed to the emergency vet. Uh-oh... For Reader's Workshop, we created a school with a "Dream Theme" as well as read silently and some met with me for a Guided Reading Group. In Writer's Workshop, we used proofreading marks to edit our Book Reviews and made sure we had good 4th grade sentences for revising. Finally, we sorted our words by short vowel sound in Word Study. Hopefully, after this second week of short vowel practice, we are getting better at spelling words on our own in our everyday writing--at least when it comes to the vowel.

Tuesday, September 17

We had a pretty good day--we are understanding the politics of school and that we need to get our work done and most of the socializing is coming at the appropriate times-lunch and recess. In Social Studies, we worked with partners to complete the Ohio Studies Weekly. This is a magazine/newspaper that helps teach us about Ohio's geography, history, government, economics, etc. Students read the paper, completed a crossword puzzle over the main ideas and vocabulary and completed a map skills activity to introduce themselves to the OSW. In Math, we had a mini lesson on the standard algorithm for addition. I heard a lot of, "well that's easier!" after I showed them this. Others needed to be reminded to line up their numbers but after working with some practice problems and graph paper, I feel much better. They then worked on their math menu. Instead of Read Aloud, we went to the Library Media Center for some work with Mrs. Dorr on the computer catalog and Destiny Quest. These are applications that students can get from home by visiting eSchool through the Student tab on hilliardschools.org . Once there, they can go to the MyLibrary tab and can search for books in our library as well as place books on hold and you can even view what books they have checked out and when they are due. Have your kiddo share this with you. Then, since we had missed most of Reader' s Workshop, we read silently when we returned. For Writer's Workshop, we continued our work with our Book Reviews for Scholastic. Finally, we took our pre-test for spelling. This week we are going to continue our focus on short vowels but with more challenging, multi-syllabic words.

Monday, September 16

Today was a Monday. :) We watched a video on Weathering and Erosion in Science. Students took away quite a bit of information from this video. Hopefully, over the next few weeks they will have a secure understanding of the processes that shape Earth. We got a new math menu for our math work this week. Our objectives for Math are to understand and demonstrate the standard algorithm (the way we learned) for addition and subtraction. We are also going to review basic multiplication facts. After lunch and recess, we read more from Wonder. This perspective was that of Justin, Via's boyfriend. We also took a look into author's craft with how the author wrote his section--NO CAPITALS. Ugh~it was difficult to read! Then, we had some guided reading groups and completed some work for Reader's Workshop. This week, in reading groups, we are focusing on close reading. I met with Green, Red and Blue today--can your kiddo tell you what close reading is? We are also looking at stamina and reading CHAPTER books. Kids are trying to find an assortment of books from the library that will keep them entertained or informed for a week as they will be going to the library weekly. I am keeping track of their independent reads and helping them to pick an assortment of genres and levels of books. Please help at home to be sure that they are reading independently many types of reading materials. In Writing, we are trying to practice multiple paragraph writing, editing and revising through writing book reviews. We are then going to send them into Scholastic News where there is a chance they could be published. Cool beans! (as Auggie would say)

Thank Goodness It's FRIDAY, September 13

It's Friday the 13th !! We had a pretty good day. We are recognizing our flaws as a class and working toward correcting them. As long as we are working toward being the best that we can be, we are good. We just can't forget about our Mission.
In Social Studies, we discussed Ohio's climate and how we hit a couple of seasons this week! :) We then moved on to review/learn about latitude and longitude. We talked about GPS and coordinates of places. Then, we used maps to figure out the latitude and longitude of places around the world and in Ohio. We checked how close we were by using Google Earth which was pretty cool! Maybe you and your kiddo could figure out the exact coordinates of something. If so, have them bring it in to share. In Math, we finished our math menu. Our rounding exit slip was MUCH better after playing the games this week for better understanding. After a chilly recess, we finished Jack's perspective and addition to Wonder and we got a glimpse of Via's boyfriend. I'm happy to report that Jack and Auggie are friends again! In Reader's Workshop, we played Spelling games like Boggle, Words in My Head and Spill and Spell. (This is what we do instead of Spelling Tests. I feel that students memorize their words for a test but never apply the generalizations in their writing. So, we play games and students have to recognize the generalization for extra points. I find that this is much better for all!) We also made rainbows that told a little about ourselves. We will use these next week to collect data about our class. We also read independently. Finally, in Writer's Workshop, we decorated our Writer's Notebooks! Beautiful and FUN!

Thursday, September 12

I should really start writing the blog in the morning because our mornings are so much better than our afternoons! I'm not quite sure why but we seem to fall apart around 2:00... We moved seats yet again to hopefully try to limit the talking--I'll let you know. We also had a 20 minute conversation about what is OK and NOT OK behavior at school. They DO know the difference, they now just need to demonstrate their understanding! Thank you again to the kiddos that always and consistently are following the core virtues--they know who they are!
In Science today, we took a pretest and learned a little about landforms. Ask your child what a peninsula is. We also followed the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon using Google Earth--pretty cool! In Math, we continued our work with place and value in our Math Menu and I worked with some small groups to solidify this learning. Next week, we will be moving on and I will be sending some kids further at a quicker pace-based on their needs. Today was our cooking day with Mrs. Shively's class! 5 kiddos each week will be cooking with Emma and the rest of Mrs. Shively's class. Today they made Rice Krispie Treats! After indoor recess, we read more about Jack and his thinking and perspective about life and Auggie in Wonder. Instead of reading independently, we buddy read in Reader's Workshop. We also finished our Science pretests and wrote sentences using our spelling words. In our Writer's Notebooks, we wrote using our 5 senses. This gives us another list of ideas to write about.

Wednesday, September 11

Not a good day. We didn't earn a painting in Art and we are going to be spending our recess tomorrow practicing "Ready to Learn", quiet transitions, lining up and walking down the hall quietly, working quietly, etc. (Well, some of us earned our recess back but I'm holding off on letting them know until lunch time tomorrow just so they keep it.) In Social Studies, we discussed Patriot Day--what it is, what a patriot is/stands for--and completed a couple of activities in honor/remembrance of Patriot Day. We continued our work on place and value with our Math Menu. I was able to meet with a couple small groups and help to fix any misconceptions and to solidify their understanding. After indoor recess, (what a storm!) we read some of Jack's perspective on Auggie in Wonder. We took some time this afternoon to get caught up with our work board work and finish up some things that some needed time for. We also read silently (at least they were supposed to be) and put Patriot Day words into alphabetical order. **Too many kiddos are reading I Spy books and short picture books where I'd like them to transition into reading chapter books. For Word Study, we proved we understand our generalization of all words have a vowel; this week, our words have short vowel sounds. We walked around the room and found words that fit this short vowel pattern. Some kiddos are still struggling with recognizing short vowels. Please help your child with this recognition if you happen to see or come across words in your reading or when you are together. They have their words written in their planners if you need a refresher on short vowels. :)

Tuesday, September 10

We have some awesome individuals in this class and I have been focusing on the talking and few kiddos that are loud and haven't taken enough time to say thank you to the majority of the class that have changed their behavior and are doing wonderful... so, THANK YOU! We played Homeworkopoly for the first time today. Some students are just hanging out until their next turn while others received rewards on their first move. Some of the rewards are chewing sugar free gum, first in line to eat, read with someone else and play computer games for morning work. In Social Studies, we learned about Ohio's location and landforms. Does your child know our borders? Or the region of the US Ohio inhabits? After gym, our stinky class :) worked in Guided Math. We are going to be learning Math kind of like we do Reader's Workshop. Students have a Math Menu that they work in partners and independently which allows me the ability to reteach or provide extension activities to small groups. Today, they just completed activities on their Math Menu and using their Exit Slip from today, tomorrow, I'll be able to pull some small groups. Instead of Read Aloud, we took the Scholastic Reading Inventory. Again, this is just another look at your child as a learnner. I am attending professional development on the 26th to interpret this data. After this assessment, we read silently while I continued to assess the remaining kiddos with their reading (6 more to go!) We worked in our Wrtier's Notebooks today and created a list of things we wonder about. Ask your child what they wonder--some were very profound, emotional, silly... Finally, we sorted our spelling words and found the generalization for this week's words-short vowel sounds.

Monday, September 9

Today was an overall good day. Mr. Potato Head has a nose! We worked with our Rubik's Cubes... this project is/was great is theory but some are really having a tough time and it seems to be causing unneccessary tears. Stay tuned. After special, we took the Scholastic Math Inventory. This was the first of 3 times we'll take it this year and it is just another snapshot of your child's math abilities. After recess, we learned more about Summer, Auggie's lunchtime buddy. She likes Auggie because he is cool beans! We had a pretty solid Reader's Workshop (this is where we earned the nose) where we worked with vocabulary, reflected on our reading capabilities and read silently. In Writer's Workshop, we discussed and practiced writing without boundaries. Students really enjoyed this! Finally, we took our first pre-test in spelling. We are working with short vowel sounds this week. Most students have their list in their planners but others will be finishing in the morning. Finishing the day a little earlier than last year is proving to be a lot tougher than I thought! 3:25 comes pretty quickly...

Friday, September 6

Well, it was a day. We began great--working very diligently. Then, we met our 1st grade buddies! We read to them, showed them around our room and then completed a Venn diagram with them. After special, we worke in small groups to practice the math skills we have been learning. We played a rounding game, worked with me with Base-10 blocks, completed challenges on Mangahigh and found some mystery numbers. Instead of Read Aloud today, we worked with our Rubik's Cubes to solve The White Cross. A couple of people solved the entire challenge but those who didn't need to in order to solve the next challenge that we are going to be working on Monday. We performed our Reader's Theaters for each other in Reader 's Workshop and got caught up in Writer's Workshop. We did learn some editing marks though as we edited celebrity tweets.

Thursday, September 5

Well, I was assessing students on their reading abilities today so there was a substitute. Unfortunately, she didn't leave a good report. She said that the students were loud and talkative... Tomorrow will be a NO TALKING day. If anyone is talking, a behavior reflection will go home. I have a feeling that many of you will be seeing this. Hopefully, this will only happen one time.

In Social Studies, students worked on completing their map skills review. If you are ever traveling, have them help you with directions and reading maps. This will help them greatly connect what we do in the classroom to the real world. In Math, they completed a quick assessment over what we've been learning. I'll be grading these tonight but hopefully, they did well and we can move on next week. They also practiced with addition and subtraction-which we will continue tomorrow. For read aloud, Mrs. Roberts, the substitute, read them Do Unto Otters. This is a play on the golden rule of Do Unto Others... Through forest animals, it showed them the core virtues and playfully helped them to see what the right thing to do is. Then, in Reader's Workshop, they read, worked on a Time For Kids and practiced their fluency with their Reader's Theaters. I noticed that editing is a struggle for most of them so I found some celebrity tweets with bad spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar that they had to correct. We have missed word study this week but will be working hard to get caught up next week. Please help your kiddo try to spell words as best they can using the strategies they have learned since Kindergarten. I have been getting a lot of questions on how to spell words. I urge them to at least try and then use their resources before asking an adult.

As for how the class did as a whole on their reading assessment, I only got to about 10 of them. Of those, quite a few had the summer slide and didn't show much progress from last year. Not to worry as most will be able to catch up quickly. I will try to finish the rest tomorrow and next week. I at least have an idea as to where students are and can begin reading groups next week.

Wednesday, September 4

Well, today started out much better than yesterday ended! Mr. Potato Head has eyes! We began our day with Guidance with Mrs. Vidic. She played Martin Luther King, Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech. Wow! They were all listening and seemed to enjoy hearing something so powerful. In Math, after our Number Talk, we finished up what we had begun yesterday. Then, we reviewed addition and subtraction with regrouping. I introduced them to my friends, Juan, Tim and Henry to help understand how regrouping works with subtraction. I also gave them login information for Manga High--a website where they can play math games and complete math challenges that I set up for them which correlates to what we're doing in class. After recess, we read more about Via from Wonder. Unfortunately, we also lost Mr. Potato Head's eyes. He's back to nothing but a potato. We have got to get the talking and yelling under control. In Reader's Workshop today, we read silently or visited the library, practiced spelling our high frequency words in fun ways and worked on writing our first kidblogs. We continued this blog writing in Writer's Workshop and focused on the nuts and bolts of writing and how we still need to pay attention to spelling, capitalization and punctuation.

kidblog.org/Lambright13-14

mangahigh.com/myschool/lambright110

Tuesday, September 3

Oh my goodness... We began the day better with not talking but ended on yet another sour note. Some seats are going to change and a few kiddos won't be very happy but we will not get to enjoy our learning and live up to our mission if not. I'm also going to be sending some Behavior Reflections home as well. Our one and only rule is that every student shall be safe and able to learn and if students are talking while I'm teaching or while someone is asking a question or sharing, this is keeping learning from happening.
Today, we began our Rubik's Cube Challenge! We are going to practice listening, following directions, mathematical practices, problem solving, perseverance, etc. while completing the challenge. We learned the vocabulary and got to know the cube today. Most students brought them home to practice the lingo and turns of the challenge. Friday, we will be solving the White Cross challenge. This is the first step in solving the whole cube! In Math, we reviewed the concepts we learned last week by completing different learning tasks or games. We got to know Via, Auggie's sister, more in Wonder. She sure is tough! We started to get into the Reader's Workshop framework by doing some rotation and work board work. Students silently and independently read, worked on their Important Paragraph on Google Apps and played Vocabulary Rock n Roll. Then, for Writer's Workshop, we read blogs to see samples of what blogging looks like. Then, each student set up their own blogs! Feel free to log on and peruse but we will be writing our first blog tomorrow so there probably won't be much today... You can access our individual blogs at kidblog.org/Lambright13-14 . With all the chatting, we didn't get to Word Study today so we're a little behind. Hopefully, we'll find some extra time tomorrow to get caught up!