I feel like every week flies by, but when a student says "It's time to go home already" I feel they are as engaged in the day as I am. This week we continued with our Global Read Aloud book Fish in a Tree. Although we had some technical difficulties, when talking to our Iowa buddies, (they couldn't hear us) they were very impressed with our classe's solution to the problem, when our kids started writing their answers on paper & holding it up to the camera. I was also proud of my independent thinkers who took initiative.
In Math we started timed multiplication quizzes this week. I know it is hard for some students to be timed, but we talked about getting more automatic with there facts by studying and I am looking for them to improve over their own score. This topic continues to review basic math facts and their patterns.
We have one week left in our first round of book talks. Everyone did great, and students heard about different books that they might want to read. We also investigated some new technology using a green screen to showcase the books we read. Our first attempt is below, I'm excited at the idea of expanding this technology into other areas of the curriculum.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Wow! We have been so busy in Studio 223, all the students have been working great with each other as our community is growing together.
We started our week very into technology, Some students where working on their writing, other students were tweeting our a Global Math Task Twitter Challenge of the day, and still others where working on their Graphic Novel entry. We have also spent time working with our 2nd grade buddies on chrome books. You can see these in the pictures below. Lots going on!
In writing we are working on personal narratives, trying to realize stories are all around us in our real lives, while we also look for the small moment to really tell the story in detail. In reading we are studying characters and their traits. We used google classroom this week to post our responses during reader's workshop. The students had to pick a character trait from the book they where reading and find support for it from the book. It was a great way to practice our writing and critique our own and others in a positive way.
We participated in a Mystery Skype with the a school from Iowa. The students used map skill and questioning to figure out where the other class was. We then talked with them about our Global Read Aloud book A Fish in a Tree that we are both reading. We are also using this book to connect with a class on Edmodo.com.
In Math we have finished topic 3 & 4 and have started topic 1. In topic one we will start Multiplication fact tests. More on that when it happens.
Remember conferences are Wednesday November 4th and Thursday November 5th Click on the date to see the schedule. If anyone has to change for any reason. Please just email me. I'm hear most morning before school and can easily reschedule.
We started our week very into technology, Some students where working on their writing, other students were tweeting our a Global Math Task Twitter Challenge of the day, and still others where working on their Graphic Novel entry. We have also spent time working with our 2nd grade buddies on chrome books. You can see these in the pictures below. Lots going on!
In writing we are working on personal narratives, trying to realize stories are all around us in our real lives, while we also look for the small moment to really tell the story in detail. In reading we are studying characters and their traits. We used google classroom this week to post our responses during reader's workshop. The students had to pick a character trait from the book they where reading and find support for it from the book. It was a great way to practice our writing and critique our own and others in a positive way.
We participated in a Mystery Skype with the a school from Iowa. The students used map skill and questioning to figure out where the other class was. We then talked with them about our Global Read Aloud book A Fish in a Tree that we are both reading. We are also using this book to connect with a class on Edmodo.com.
In Math we have finished topic 3 & 4 and have started topic 1. In topic one we will start Multiplication fact tests. More on that when it happens.
Remember conferences are Wednesday November 4th and Thursday November 5th Click on the date to see the schedule. If anyone has to change for any reason. Please just email me. I'm hear most morning before school and can easily reschedule.
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