Monday: We met with the Lion to Guard Us group and we had a good talk about the book. We almost finished The One and Only Bob. We worked in our handwriting book and our handwriting is getting better. We have our portfolios. During Reading Workshop we practiced writing main idea sentences. We also discussed theme again. At math we used geoboards on our tablets to practice making different polygons. Everyone finished their informational paragraphs about the Suffragettes.
Tuesday: We began with Writing Workshop today. We worked on revising our fiction stories, finishing up our Bloomington poems and our bug paragraphs. During Math time, we did a checkpoint assessment for two step problems. During Reading Workshop, we learned more about inferences. The Indian School literature circle met and shared their sticky notes. We finished our chapter book, The One and Only Bob. A great book!
Wednesday: We learned more about writing a paragraph with a strong main idea sentence and supporting details. We talked about the THEMES in The One and Only Bob. We worked in groups to sort quadrangles according to various properties. We did a little ILearn practice with the repository items that are available online. During Reading Workshop, we compared two texts about schools in different parts of the world. The Sarah, Plain and Tall group had a great discussion about the beginning chapters.
Thursday: We began our day by writing in our notebooks about creative school designs. In Math, we worked on sorting quadrangles. We also solved problems with perimeter and area questions. In the afternoon, we worked on word sorts and partner read some YHBA nominees with partners. We ended the day with another double bubble assessment, comparing 2 fables by Aesop.