Oh, Math...

We started our day reviewing some math concepts and then had a gloriously wonderful morning meeting. First, Max, shared a story that he wrote that is absolutely amazing and I'm so proud of him and thankful for him sharing it with us! Then, Claire shared because we got a letter back from one of our counties that we wrote to for the Great Ohio Mail Race! We also earned one potato head piece for our day with the sub yesterday. Next, we became editors by sharing our StoryWorks articles with each other and helping to revise and edit their articles. In The One Safe Place, we met Kit and learned a little more about the "world" and the surroundings they are in. Devin can taste feelings which is really weird and Kit thinks that he is kidding around... We also discussed some cause and effect situations in the book. Then, in Reader's Workshop, we worked with cause and effect surrounding The Great Smog. We also, read, worked on the cover for our StoryWorks issue, wrote our Dear Mrs. L letters and read. Today was Art, lunch and outdoor recess. After some not-so-quiet, quiet time, we reviewed/practiced line plots, measuring and the metric system by measuring our pencil to the nearest 1/2 cm and then plotting it on a line plot and analyzing the data. We then, TRIED TO apply our understanding but for some reason, the student's were not problem-solvers today. They did not even want to try. All but about 4 kiddos...everyone else spent about an hour talking, chatting, goofing off, staring into space and doing everything BUT working on their work. Around 2:45, about 25 minutes after math was supposed to be finished, we stopped and moved on to finish our Social Studies from yesterday. Some students were able to have a little bit of Wonder time.

Math is our worst time of day. I know that it is hard and tedious and can be uber stressful to some but it's also just as important as literacy. I keep trying to stress that to them and that it isn't a problem if they can do it quickly...tomorrow, we're going to take another crack at things and hopefully, will do better with our stamina and perseverance. I'll let you know!