Between the snow day, early dismissal and the testing of kindergarten for HA, it was a bit of a mixed up week. I saw my LA groups only once (snow day) and my 1st and 4th grade math groups once (early release). We'll just be flexible and pick up where we left off next week.
- There's nothing common about common sense.
- Think before doing something just to impress others.
- Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. (Alice Roosevelt-Longworth)
Fourth Grade Math:
Second Grade LA:
It was time for another review game of Edward Jeopardy. They get so excited when they see it set up when they walk in. It's funny because the teams get to come up with their own name, so one team was the Edwards and the other one was the Tulanes. They cheered each other on and were really good sports. I keep pulling the theme of the book back in, just to make sure they are getting it. Ask them why Pelligrina told Edward, "You disappoint me."
Second Grade Math:
Third Grade LA:
They all finished up their fairy tale stories which turned out impressively well. I collected them to save for sharing next week. I'm excited for them to share with each other. We then moved right into journaling. We made the comparison about Lewis Carroll and how he wrote about people he found interesting . . . who in their life would they write about? We then dove into reading the first chapter of Alice In Wonderland. Two are experiencing the story through text and one is hearing it for the first time.
Third Grade Math:
We read a comic about the Greatest Comic Hacker! My group of boys were caught up in trying to figure out the similar references made throughout. It named a fictional character and they quickly translated it to the one of their era. What a perfect worksheet! Their real task was finding out the greatest common factor (GCF) of two numbers. It's not a quick answer especially when the numbers get higher, but they worked well together. I even introduced a few divisibility rules to help. They picked up a few, but didn't want to overwhelm them by all. It was funny because they didn't even realize they were dividing as they were listing the multiples. Brandon passed his first Math Master of multiplication, great job! Logan also moved up another level on his cone. Finally Jack finished his cone and will now move onto Math Masters. Congrats!
First Grade LA:
We touched briefly on the book we read previously, E-mergency. I explained once again how a lipogram is a play on language where you write not using a certain letter. They had a chance to rewrite the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill. I stressed how they needed to keep the same meaning when finding a similar word. They truly got the hang of it and only got caught up on a few words. We are in the process of summarizing the book E-mergency with a beginning, middle and end. We'll eventually translate them into our own lipogram.
First Grade Math:
My group continued to work with time. They had a go at a clock game where they chose a card and had to read the analog time in order to move to the digital time on the game board. They are still mixing up the hour and minute hands, but get the concept. I remind them that the minute hand cannot see real well, so he has to get up real close to the numbers. We also touched on elapsed time. Congratulations to Kennedy for passing her Math Masters, 50 addition facts in five minutes!
Next week looks to be back to normal. . . at least no early dismissal and hopefully no snow days! My kids crave the routine just as much as I do.
Yours in education,
Mrs. Koedyker
No comments:
Post a Comment