Monday: Today was a busy day. We used base 10 blocks to measure the area of 6 different rectangles. In the afternoon, we read our poem of the week, What Is Earth? We also worked on our word work and started researching SOUND as a lead-in to our Power of Song unit. We had an extra birthday recess and a fire drill. The afternoon just flew by. 🙂
Tuesday: During Reading Workshop, we read another book about a powerful songwriter. This book was called Which Side Are You On, the Story of a Song. In small groups, we compared this book to John’s Secret Dreams. We also learned about a new vocabulary word: ludicrous. The Indian School literature circle met. Great Conversation! We researched SOUND as a kick off to our Power of Song unit. At the end of the day we worked with partners to use tiles to figure out area and perimeter.
Thursday: Hoorah for Thursday. The Lion to Guard Us literature circle had a phenomenal conversation. We talked about writing main idea sentences. We read a picture book called Voices In the Park, a story that’s told in four different voices. We practiced our spelling words during PAWS time. We worked with fractions on our geo-boards at Math time and also practiced our multiplication tables using Xtra Math. Super fun afternoon recess! We’re enjoying our read aloud, The Last Mapmaker.
Friday: Today we worked on a double bubble assessment this morning, comparing two articles about women in sports. We also discussed our Voices in the Park read aloud. We ran the pacer test in Gym. Great literature circle discussion with the Indian School group. It was fun to go to the library in the afternoon. 3rdLanders share title suggestions with classmates.