October 19, Monday. Back together after a wonderful fall break. We began today with some multiplication line puzzles. We also looked over a Time for Kids magazine and identified some of the text features. Photographs, captions and headlines are all text features that increase our understanding of an article. We practiced with our new Vocab Venture word, FORMIDABLE. We used an online dictionary called Word Central to “look up” our word. The IU Biologists came at 2:00 to talk to us about microbes, germination and seed dispersal. We ended the day with some word work puzzles that we completed with partners. It’s great to be back together in Room 200!
October 20, Tuesday. We began our day with a science experiment that will help us determine if microbes help or hurt germination. In Math class, we worked on some window washing problems. We also learned a new math game called 2 C Cover Up. We read a great book during Reading Workshop called We Are Water Protectors. We also voted to find out which article in our Time for Kids was the most important. The winning article was RECORD WILDFIRES about the wildfires in California. We’ll read that article tomorrow.
October 21, Wednesday. We practiced using different multiplication arrays today to count the number of panes in a large set of windows. We also created sentences for our Vocab Venture word, FORMIDABLE. During Reading Workshop, we discussed the Author’s Note to the book, We Are Water Protectors. We also discussed the article about the California wildfires. We ended the day with some writing time. The Thirdlanders’ writing stamina and enthusiasm has really taken off. Great to see.
October 23, Friday. This was a great day. Dr. H. had to be at an appointment on Thursday, so we had a guest teacher. The glowing note left by the guest teacher was a true pleasure to read. Our Thirdlanders were described as “helpful and focused.” HOORAH for THIRDLAND! We checked out our seed experiment this morning and graphed some results. Then we took a vocabulary quiz. We learned about the days of the week en espanol con Senora Coolidge. We had a big chat about the book We Are Water Protectors. We also took a quiz on Epic about a book called Plant Adaptations. In Math, we worked on more multiplication strategies. The best part of today was a ZOOM meeting with Mr. Bateson and his wild animals! We saw a tarantula, an opossum, a red fox, a python, a Bufo cane toad and a baboon. It was a fantastic presentation. We took notes about the animal adaptations.