Monday, November 4

Another Monday! I don't know why Mondays have to be so hard... We began with learning a little about the Mound Builders. We also used Google Earth to locate the Great Serpent Mound which is a mound built by the Ft. Ancient people. In Math, we worked on our Algebraic Thinking and number patterns with a question/problem about collecting aluminum cans and began a second one on making a school newspaper. Students are really using their mathematical practices to work through and explain/prove their thinking. After recess, we went down to the media center to work with Mrs. Dorr on research. She showed us how to narrow our search and find valid resources. Then, we came back and watched a live webcast with Jeff Kinne~the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books (see picture below). It was awesome! He gave us a look into his newest book, Hard Luck, which comes out this week, as well as his craft and how he goes through the writing process. Also, his day job is to run Poptropica. I had no idea! This is a site where there are games and things for kiddos to play. I haven't checked it out because it is blocked from our computers at school-the kids say it is appropriate but not educational. I'm going to check it out at home tonight but some of your kiddos may want to do the same since he talked about it today. We finished the day with a pre-test in Word Study.