Mondays are well, Mondays. We were loud and talkative but we learned. It's just really frustrating and disrespectful that they CHOOSE to keep talking when I'm talking or ask them to stop. We're going to be more choosey with where we sit tomorrow so that should help-you know I'll let you know! :)
In meeting, we read, The Crayon Box that Talked. It had a great message about being amazing as individuals but even more exceptional together! Then, we just colored. I printed off a page from crayola.com that is from an adult coloring book and we just de-stressed and calmed ourselves down for the day. *Unfortunately, they kept coloring ALL day-even when they weren't supposed to! Anyway, after we spent about 15 minutes coloring, we took a pre-test and developed our new lists for word study. Then, in Writer's Workshop, we worked on our introductions for our research reports. They came up with some great leads! We began the chapter on Fantasy and the "Quest for the Gold-Plated Knick-Knack" in Nightmare at the Book Fair and then made some inferences about Bad Day at Riverbend by Chris VanAllsburg. Then, we continued making inferences, blogged, read and visited the library. After some Free Art with a substitute, lunch and recess, we wrote in our planners-nothing out of the ordinary so far this week-and had some quiet time that just wasn't very quiet. We started Math Workshop with a book, The Great Divide about division. (This is when the kids asked why we were reading so many books today...I guess I was in a reading mood when I planned for today!) Then, we divided. Like, physically took 112 cubes and divided them among 7 people. We first gave each person 10 and then subtracted 70 from 112 which left us with 42. Then, we gave each person 5 and subtracted 35 from 42 (because 7 x 5 = 35) which gave us 7. We gave each person 1 more and were left with 0 cubes. Each person had 16 cubes SO 112/7 = 16! We kept practicing division with practice problems and a game. I gave an exit slip at the end of math so we'll see how far along they are in their division thinking. In Social Studies, we got into groups and answered some questions about pre-historic indians. Finally, we had a maze to work on during Wonder/I-time since it is A-maze-ing Monday!
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