OK start

We had an OK start to the week. I wouldn't say it was great. Our morning was good but the afternoon wasn't so much...We lost a potato head piece but I also handed out some warm fuzzies during Number Talks. We are a work in progress.

Our day began with our meeting and we greeted each other with a silent greeting and shared about our "day off." After the Pledge of Allegiance, we did a category challenge--Favorite Foods. Congrats Juan with naming 10 of his favorite foods! Next, we took a pre-test for lesson 3 and then continued on with following the writing process in Writer's Workshop. Via kept telling her perspective in Wonder and we also talked a little bit about R.J. Palacio and why she chose to write Wonder in this way. It helps us to understand books by putting ourselves in the author's shoes but also to become better writers by understanding their craft. Then, in Reader's Workshop, we read independently, re-visited the non-fiction story in Story Works, Monday and Tuesday kiddos visited the library (library visits will now be weekly) and completed a vocabulary worksheet with words in that story. After Music, lunch and recess, we had a stressful Number Talk. It was a quick and easy talk but p)ut forth a strategy to aid in their efficiency strategies. Then, I modeled a "think aloud" while watching a LearnZillion video. (These videos are embedded into my Canvas page and are for them to use as needed in and out of class to assist in understanding the big ideas.) During math workshop, they practiced identifying the place of numbers, value of numbers, looked at 4th graders as hundreds, thousands and millions (10 x bigger) as well as played Perfect 500 or worked on a problem-solving activity involving Juice Boxes. Our day ended with Science. I read, The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Rapunzel. We pointed out the "difficulties" of each tale and I issued the challenges. What is your child's challenge?