Monday: We looked through our favorite classroom books to find examples of excellent writing. We were looking for leads that HOOK in the reader, power words, and vivid descriptive snapshots. We wrapped up our discussion of Freedom on the Menu by discussing the ending of the book. The ending is excellent because it really leaves us thinking about different ideas. We’re almost done with our Poem Partner Pieces. We’ll be having a publishing celebration soon. We’re planning this at our morning meetings this week.
Tuesday: We tried out the SKITCH app today. This app can be used to annotate pictures. We took photos of base ten cubes and annotated the steps for addition with regrouping. SKITCH was a bit tricky, but for our first go – round, we did pretty well. It was great to see everyone in Room 200 helping each other out. Our Daily 5 rounds were wonderful today. So much productive reading and writing. Room 200 HAS STAMINA!!! We exercised in the afternoon to a Change the Play video. We’re going to follow this health program for the next 7 weeks. Andrew Luck introduced the program. Go Colts!
Wednesday: We are practicing our MTA song because on Friday we’re getting together with Ms. May’s class for a sing-along. In math, we are finding sums with 3 and 4 addends. In the afternoon, we talked about the main idea and supporting details in our Time For Kids articles. We also learned more about defining words using context clues. What does getting “the lion’s share” mean? And what are some of the perks of being a third grader? These were some terms we talked about today. We ended the day by bringing our notebooks out to the garden and writing for ten minutes. A green hummingbird flew by. Fun stuff.
Thursday: As everyone undoubtedly knows, we have an awesome crew of third graders in Room 200! Students worked very hard today and got a lot done. The Display the Digits game gave us many chances to self-check our addition and several students are writing their own Display the Digits problems. We are working on our conclusion for our social studies essay and Ms. Chappell said she was super impressed with the writing she was seeing in our room. After lunch, we worked with partners to generate inferences and important ideas about Molly Bannaky, by Alice McGill. The Night Crossing Lit. Circle had a fascinating discussion. We ended the day by reading to our first grade buddies. Bravo, Room 200!
So funny when Samantha came home telling me about “charlie on the MTA”! I was excited to play her some other songs by the Kingston Trio. It was also a great opportunity to tell her the story of why that song was created and what the goal was. It sounds like a silly song, but it has some heavy political motivation behind it.
Thanks for exposing them to such different types of content! iPads, Google Docs and The Kingston Trio…what a mix 🙂
Hi Jason! I don’t know the history behind the song!
Now I have a mission! I do love the Kingston Trio.
Thanks for being our first commenter!!!! And thanks for your kind words.
Room 200 ROCKS! Hoorah!