Monday, November 25

Today was a typical Monday but a lot easier to swallow knowing that tomorrow is like our Friday! We began our day reading and discussing about the First Thanksgiving. Did you know it lasted for 3 days? Then, we read The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie DePaola. After we discussed what a legend is and looked at how Little Gopher documented things, we wrote our own legends of how we spend our Thanksgiving. In Art, they earned their 10th painting and we get FREE ART next time! For Math, we continued looking at the sub problem that we began last week. Then, we worked in small groups with a fractions game and with me with Cuisenaire Rods. Tomorrow will be our mini-assessment over the first two fraction standards: equivalent fractions and comparing fractions. After indoor recess, we read about a crazy new home that Maniac has ended up in...the McNab's are like no other! Jeffrey is trying to decipher who the actual orphan is... We had a tough time getting quiet in Reader's Workshop and completing our work. I managed to meet with two of the three reading groups... We read about how Thanksgiving's date changed a couple of times. Students also created their LearnZillion accounts and did some word puzzles to build vocabulary. In Writing, we are brainstorming a persuasive letter that has to do with Christmas... :)