And We're Back!!!

The day started bright and early for me.  Adriana was walking to school with her Grandma the same time I was coming, so I asked if she would come help me.  Together, we put loads of grades into the online grade book - ENGRADE.   The link is to the right of the page.  Parents, remember, you can keep check of your students progress, assignments, and scores and message me all through the online grade book.  If you have lost your sign on code, let me know.   Actually, I will send home new sign on codes with their progress reports on Friday.  It has been a few weeks since I sent one out, but as the marking period winds down, we should look at them again.

1. First period they had science with Ms. Galan.
2. Second period we came upstairs and passed out all the papers for filing in their work folder.  We took the time to go over two assignments from Monday that needed more attention.  We went over the Indian in the Cupboard comprehension check from chapters 5-8.  This was literally "right there" questions to make sure the students were paying attention.  Sadly, many were not when Mr. McDougall was at his training.  The second paper we went over using the document camera was the Using Commas and Quotations Marks quiz from Monday.  We have been talking about and using dialogue for the past 2 months, and for them to still be careless and not do it right isn't acceptable.  We reviewed it again today.  Then we reviewed Chapters 7 and 8 for the people who were not here Monday and then read Chapter 9.  When done, I had the students go back into the text and COPY EXACTLY five different direct quotes to practice this concept and to show them that dialogue is all over our writing so they should be able to mimic it.
3. ReadyGen Lesson 2b.14.  We started a new nonfiction, informational book today called MIDWEST.   We read pages 4-10 and talked about the format, the illustrations, and what makes this different (as a genre) from the other books we have read.  We decided it was mostly information and would not have characters or a plot.  It is to inform us about a topic.  We talked about how to "prove" your opinion in writing.  You do this by using the text and then explaining how the text proves your point.  This will be practiced in tonight's homework.
4. GoMath 6.1 - Equivalent Fractions.   As you know, we made fraction kits last week and the kids have already been making equivalent fractions with them.   Today, we looked at how to make equivalent fractions using graph paper.  What it came down to was 'we already did this' but we did it with paper.  You fold it to take what you already have and make smaller pieces.   The original size doesn't go away, it just takes more pieces because they are smaller. We worked through the problems in the text and even pulled out our fraction kits and did a couple from the book too.  
5. 5th - We finished Go Math and then headed over to work on Waggle.  Today they kids got to choose between Waggle Math, Waggle ELA, AR Math 2.0 or Math Facts in a Flash since we only had 20-25 minutes do to an extended math lesson.
6. Lunch
7. We ended the day reviewing some math thinking in Number Talks and then moved into some science content and did a non-fiction reading comprehension (2.3).

Homework:

• Reading:  IR book must be completed and tested by FRIDAY!
• Writing:  Write two paragraphs giving their opinion about which details in Midwest would most make a person want to visit the region. Include strong pieces of text evidence, such as details and quotations to support your opinion.
• Math:  Go Math Practice Book 6.1
• Math: Kumon Multiplication Practice #21