We began our day with Social Studies. We started talking about conflict and watched a few School House Rocks videos about colonization and why/how the Americas were founded. We also read from the Ohio textbook about the French and Indian War. Can your child tell you anything about it? In Math, we played some games comparing fractions. We also learned how to use benchmarks to compare them--is this fraction closer to 0, 1/2 or 1? Give your kiddo a fraction and ask them to show you. After recess, we read Maniac Magee. Jeffrey untied Cobble's Knot! Then, he realized, again, that he brought about trouble with the Beale's... so he left and ended up in the buffalo pen at the zoo! Luckily, Grayson found him and got him some food and a place to stay. I wonder what connection these two will have. My goal for Reader's Workshop this week is to stick to my schedule and meet with all my Guided Reading Groups--all week! The students need to use self-discipline to help make this possible. They did pretty well today but toward the end of the hour, it got a little loud and hectic. We'll keep at it! In groups, we worked on Informational Text features and how they are used to help. Students worked on building stamina by reading silently and independently, read a Time For Kids and then made connections to the articles. We worked on our research and "Diary of a ___" stories in Writer's Workshop.
Homework this week:
Reading--longer entries and focus on connections
Writing--research and report (Diary of a ___)
Math--30 minutes of fraction practice (i.e. cooking, explaining how to find an equivalent fraction to you, fraction game, etc.)
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