Monday.... What Happened?

Today has not been the best day for the learners in Room 304.  No one was raising their hand to participate, students had to be redirected multiple times to do simple tasks... It wasn't good.  Let's hope that we turn it around for Tuesday!!!!

• 1st / 2nd - Math Block
• We had to go over the Test Prep from Friday and Monday, so with the extra day we missed for the 100th Day of School activities, test prep went a little long today.  Then we went over the homework from Friday.  It was using a number line to show were a fraction should be on the number line.  I would say it is about 50/50 with the success rate, but after going over it, they seem to have a better grasp.
• GoMath Lesson 8.7 was today's focus.  We looked at making sure that we could represent a fraction as part of a whole.  We watched the on demand math video that gives the students a preview of one of the challenging problems they will face that day.  Then we did the interactive math lesson and the students seemed to really grasp the lesson.  After modeling the unlock your problem and show and share, students worked on the problems.  We went over the problems to make sure we hit on any misunderstandings that we faced today.

• 3rd / 4th - Literacy Block
• We spent more time today doing Test Prep than normal due to having to make up what we missed on Friday due to the 100 Minute Readathon.  We read an informational story on how they clean animals who encounter oil pollution.  Then we worked through the questions.  Students have to answer question #18 tonight for homework.
• ReadyGen Lesson 2B.15 was today's lesson.   We read a poem and then reread "Around the Way".  We answered questions and then talked about the difference between written words and spoken words.  Then we moved on to writing.  The focus was comparing and contrasting information that was found in the texts to their actual neighborhood community.  We used a T-Chart to write down information about communities that we found in our texts.  We went page by page and paraphrased the information we found. After taking notes, we then compared our own community and made an entry on the other side of the T-Chart.  

• 5th - Lunch
• 6th - Dance
• 7th - Book Fair
• We previewed the book fair so students could see the options.  Make sure to bring plenty of $$$ to parent teacher conferences so you can visit the book fair and make purchases!

Homework

• Math 
• GoMath Lesson 8.7 (pp 485-486)
• Fraction Practice (Double Sided)
• Math Test Prep Day 2/29/16
• Literacy
• Writing - Draft an essay comparing what you learned about communities and your community.
• Spelling - 2x each / cursive
• Reading Log for Monday