Reading- We got right back into the routines of reading workshop. We started by practicing turning and talking about a book with our partners. We all got our new reading levels and had a chance to shop for new books. We also took a look at the purpose of rubrics and practiced using them by rating a chocolate chip cookie. It was useful and delicious!
Writing- Our first writing unit is persuasive writing. We kicked off this unit by thinking about both the pros and cons of several different debatable questions. The children wrote about if trampolines are dangerous, if kids should be allowed to chew gum in school, if schools should have extra recess and if children should have chores. They pushed themselves to think about points on both sides of the argument. Math- We wrapped up the place value unit. We played a few place value games, challenged ourselves with a Thinking Cap and had our first lesson with Mr. P. We also logged onto FASTTMath in order to start strengthening our fact fluency.
Computers- We celebrated Constitution Day by watching a video, reading an article and doing a short activity related to the information we learned.
