Sure hoping today is the last blue day in a very very long time.
Today during Writer's Workshop we listened to a story called Fortunately. We listened to this story and had to figure out how it was organized. Here is what we decided: Caitlynn says "First it starts with fortunately and the pages are colourful and then the next page its all shades and it says unfortunately and it keeps going in a pattern". Our job was then to model our writing after this book. We had to choose a character and then write a story about them following this pattern. We also talked about the writing process. We are currently in the drafting phase. Next we will move onto editing and revising and finally publishing. I have asked the kids to google how to make easy kid books. I would love to hear any ideas and suggestions.
This afternoon in math we focused on using repeated addition to solve a variety of questions. I have sent home a worksheet for the kids to do. If possible please return by Monday. Working with your child on this sheet will give you a lot of information about how they are performing/understanding multiplication.
At the end of the day we worked on Words Their Way. Today's activity was a lot of fun because the kids gave each other spelling tests. I heard a lot of giggling and saw a lot of smiles during this activity.
I also wanted to share with you something that happened today that really made my heart swell. When we were working on our multiplication word problem I heard many kids say "I love Math. I love doing multiplication. This is so fun." To me this is what math should be about. It should be fun!
Have a wonderful evening!
No comments:
Post a Comment