I cannot believe I was walking to the subway this morning and it was 9 degrees!!! Remember, I am a Florida Boy! I just got back from Florida where it was in the high 70's low 80's most of my break!!!! This ISN'T fun!
1st period we jumped right into reading groups. My group read chapter 27 in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and looked for patterns in the reading and made predictions about how the book would end. I cautioned the students that books and movies don't always match up!!!
2nd period we read ReadyGen Lesson 2B.3 - chapters 5 and 6 of The Birchbark House. Our focus in reading today was the author's purpose. There are three main reasons that align with Author's Purpose: to entertain, to inform, and to persuade. We discussed how sometimes texts can have more than one purpose, but we have to look for what the MAIN purpose is. We decided that this book's main purpose was to entertain, but it also had some elements that INFORM us about the native american culture.
3rd period we worked on GoMath lesson 4.10 which was all about picking where to start your division and the first digit you use. We looked at the animated math model and worked through the process as the class. The kids like my counting method to make sure you make the best guess up front in your process. Ask them to show you!
4th period we worked on Waggle Reading in the Library.
5th period they had Gym. They did not get a good report from Mr. Hoffman. It was a small group of the boys who would not listen, kept talking, and were goofing off during fitness testing. There might be a few phone calls tonight.
6th period they had lunch.
Last period we finished a wrap up of Math 4.10 and looked at homework. Then we reviewed Chapter 3 in Social Studies and started working on an end of the unit review. The students will finish the form for homework to help them study for the test.
Homework:
1st period we jumped right into reading groups. My group read chapter 27 in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and looked for patterns in the reading and made predictions about how the book would end. I cautioned the students that books and movies don't always match up!!!
2nd period we read ReadyGen Lesson 2B.3 - chapters 5 and 6 of The Birchbark House. Our focus in reading today was the author's purpose. There are three main reasons that align with Author's Purpose: to entertain, to inform, and to persuade. We discussed how sometimes texts can have more than one purpose, but we have to look for what the MAIN purpose is. We decided that this book's main purpose was to entertain, but it also had some elements that INFORM us about the native american culture.
3rd period we worked on GoMath lesson 4.10 which was all about picking where to start your division and the first digit you use. We looked at the animated math model and worked through the process as the class. The kids like my counting method to make sure you make the best guess up front in your process. Ask them to show you!
4th period we worked on Waggle Reading in the Library.
5th period they had Gym. They did not get a good report from Mr. Hoffman. It was a small group of the boys who would not listen, kept talking, and were goofing off during fitness testing. There might be a few phone calls tonight.
6th period they had lunch.
Last period we finished a wrap up of Math 4.10 and looked at homework. Then we reviewed Chapter 3 in Social Studies and started working on an end of the unit review. The students will finish the form for homework to help them study for the test.
Homework:
- Writing Opinion Prompt: Do you think it was right for Omokaya's mom to leave Pitch alone with the berries?
- Math: Practice 4.10
- Social Studies: End of Unit Review
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