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!