It's Monday!

• Welcome to Monday and a new unit!  We started Unit 3B - The Solar System in ReadyGen today.  First we went over the unit slides to see what the goals for the unit are, and then we looked at the new vocabulary words for the unit as well as the outcome project, the PBA at the end.  I told the students that depending on how fast we get through the lessons, and how field trips and promotion activities fall, we may or may not get to the PBA for unit 3B.
• Next we ready Chapter 10 of George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt and answered questions to check for understanding.
• I let the students do a book tour of the new anchor text "Our Solar System" by Seymour Simon. I challenged them to see how the book was arranged and if there were any text features that stood out.   We focused on Main Idea today.  We read pages 4-11, took some time to pull some extra stuff up on the internet to secure their understanding with visuals, and then did an independent activity with main idea. 

Homework:

• Read 45 minutes (STAR TEST COMING)
• Reading Comp - Paul Bunyan Meets Babe Crossword