Monday, April 28

After today, only 3 more Monday's left in 4th grade! Wow! We began with Math 4 Today but this group doesn't work too well with intrinsic motivation so if they didn't get 3 out of 4 on today's problems, they would be working at recess to correct their mistakes. Guess what? Then, we made Government "trees" to show the branches of government at local, state and federal levels. In Math, we played BINGO and some did quite a bit better than others...if they know the vocabulary of Math, they will be more prepared for the upcoming OAA's. After multiple rounds and very few winners, (Blaine, Blaine, Blaine and Brock) we decided to end Math playing Yahtzee. After indoor recess, we listened to Bud, Not Buddy and Bud found Herman E. Calloway--whom he suspects to be his father! In Reader's Workshop, we got a new StoryWorks magazine and read, "The Girl Who Discovered the Dinosaurs," practiced parts of speech using MadLibs and tried to read silently--some (all boys) are still struggling with this and refusing to read... We played Funglish in Writer's Workshop-ask your kiddo about this fun game!