Wednesday and Thursday, April 2-3

Yesterday, there was a substitute in the afternoon as I had to go to a funeral for a dear friend. Here's what been going on over the last two days:

Wednesday
We worked with economics by watching the first two installments of "Econ and Me." Then, we continued our work with the vocabulary and understanding of how economy relates to Ohio. In Math, we continued our work with area and perimeter by playing Cover the Area and then completing an activity about cookie cutters. After indoor recess, with the substitute, they read some poetry for Read Aloud, worked independently on homophones and comprehension of non-fiction text in Reader's Workshop and wrote and illustrated poetry for Writer's Workshop. (Check out our poe-TREE)

Thursday
Today, we watched the third installment of "Econ and Me" and then continued our work with Ohio's economy. In Math, we made area and perimeter "selfies" and then completed an exit slip with a real-world problem. As always, they can find perimeter and area but can't APPLY this thinking to solve realistic problems. We'll spend one more day on this and then we'll be moving on--we still have geometry to get in! After indoor recess, we read Granny Torelli Makes Soup and saw a sassier side of Rosie. She's a little jealous of the new girl, Janine! In Reader's Workshop, we read a poem, These Trees, and answered some questions about it. Ask your kiddo what the word, apt, means. We also practiced our reader's theaters and read silently. Finally, we tried to develop our poetry more. We are still writing very surface level poetry with little feeling and emotion. Today, we focused on digging deeper to get more feeling into our work. (We even had a few tears... )