Parts of a Whole Tuesday

• 1st / 2nd - Literacy Block
• Today we had a nice breakfast to start the day.  The students had a choice of cereal or a bagel with cream cheese and or jelly.   Yep, we had to get the clorox wipes out after breakfast, but it was nice to see everyone eating.  As they ate, they worked on their Word Work practice Word Ladder.  I loved that today as we went over them, they said... "this is easy!" to which I said, "The more you practice, the easier everything gets!"  I hope they make the connection that this is the same with their reading.  The more you read, the easier it gets.  SO READ!!
  
• Next we did our literacy test prep.  We went over the question they had last night for homework.  We talked about the question, and how we could get rid of some of the answers by eliminating them.  Until we found the best answer.  We then did the next two questions from the section using the same methods.  It is really about CLOSE reading and using what you read to eliminate and make the best choice.  Tonight they have to answer question #6 from the section.
• Our ReadyGen lesson today was lesson 2B.13.  The focus was on understanding central message, main idea, and supporting details.  We read our new text "Around the Way on Neighbor's Day".  We looked at how the book was written, how the sections held information only about that topic, and how the author wrote in verse with a nice rhythm.  We looked at more than just knowledge and details, we looked at craft as well.  We answered questions and more importantly, connected this text to the previous two texts we had read.  I want them to realize that we don't just learn for one aspect, we learn so we can use that in all aspects of life.  
• 3rd/4th - Math Block
• We started by looking at our Test Prep homework which was three easy related facts questions.  Then we went into today's problem of the day which we discussed and broke down.  Then the students were given a similar problem to try and solve.  After much discussion, we solved the problem and talked about the one question for homework in test prep.
• Next we went over homework from GoMath 8.3.  After checking and discussing the homework, we went into today's mini-lesson with a focus on understanding the whole in the fraction.  We focused on what is the numerator and what was the denominator.  We went over the unlock the question and then did the try these together.  Once we did a few, they did the share and show and we checked them.  Finally they worked on their on your own problems.  We finished by checking our daily work and discussing what we had learned today.  
• 5th - Lunch
• 6th - Science with Ms. Galan
• 7th - Science 
• We looked at Chapter 15 today to get ready for our upcoming ELA PBA where they have to compare and contrast two communities.  We are going to be comparing and contrasting two planets (really big communities).  We thought it would be exciting to tie in science and literacy when we do this research and writing task.

Homework:

• Math
• Test Prep 2/23/16 Question
• GoMath 8.4 Homework (pp.465-466)
• Literacy
• Test Prep 2/23/16 - Question #6
• ReadyGen RWJ Lesson 13 (p146)
• Reading Log - Read Independently
• We are REALLY behind in points!
• Read More, Test More!!!