Tuesday's Summary

• 1st/2nd - Literacy Block
• After breakfast, we did our word work for the day.  Our word ladders seem to be getting easier, or the students are enjoying the process more.  Either way, we are manipulating words and learning new vocabulary.  Then we did the test prep for the day.  We looked at last night's homework question and then read a poem for today.  After looking at the poem, talking about what it meant, we looked at two questions.  For homework they have 1 question to work with.
• ReadyGen Lesson 2b.16 was again about comparing and contrasting, this time using the texts "Communities from A to Z" and "Around the Way on Neighbor's Day".  We choral read "Around the Way" and then we thumbed through "Communities" to see if the topic was similar or different to Around the Way.  We found a lot of similarities and differences.  Then we moved back to our writing from yesterday and did more modeling and then broke off and worked independently.  By tomorrow, they should have 3 topics compared between the topics in Communities A to Z and their own neighborhoods.  See model below:

• As you can see, we worked on topic sentences for each topic (in red), including information from the text, and them comparing it to your own neighborhood.  We practiced ending the paragraph with a sum it up sentence that is a lot like your topic sentence, but not exactly the same (in red). 
• 3rd/4th - Math
• After looking at our Test Prep, we moved right into number talks.  After number talks, the students watched the on demand video of Mr. Burger to see a preview and visual strategy for doing lesson GoMath 8.8.   Finally, the interactive lesson showed the students more deeply how to unlock the problems and work on today's focus skill.  The focus skill today was being able to find a fraction of a number.
• After all the mini-lessons, we moved into independent work.  Mr, Johnny worked with a small group, I worked with another small group, and Ms. Avalos floated between the other two groups.  After work time was complete, students came to the front to work the problems and explain their answers.  

• 5th - Lunch
• 6th - Science
• 7th - Class Novel - Wrap Up
• Students wrote down homework and then we introduced the new class novel "The Cricket in Times Square".  We were able to read the first chapter.

Homework

• Math
• GoMath 8.8 Homework (491-492)
• Fraction Practice Sheet
• Literacy
• Writing - Finish three paragraphs
• Reading Log
• Bring Back "Community A to Z" and "Around the Way on Neighbor's Day" for collection
• Test Prep
• Math
• Literacy