Well today sure felt like autumn, albeit a gorgeous autumn day! Our trees are rapidly shedding their leaves, but the sun has been shining brightly in our classroom!
We began today with Reading Workshop, and the students are continuing through their Guided Reading books focusing on the setting (one of our questions was, "Would your story be the same if the setting was Disneyland?"). Then they finished up some activities related to Chapter 5 of 'Henry and the Clubhouse'.
Spelling was after RW, and the students were given their words. Some students have asked for more challenging words, which I am eager to provide them. They will have that option next Monday should they so desire.
Then we had DPA and I shocked the students be having them do Yoga. They were very reluctant at first, but then ended up having a blast (the majority anyway). They were amazed at how flexible the woman we were watching was (and she was easily twice my age!).
After recess we worked on our writing, focusing on interesting leads. We talked about how using dialogue, foreshadowing, action, character or setting description are all fantastic ways to being a personal narrative. Then the students went back and edited their own writing.
I gave the students some time to work on their unfinished spirographs from Math/Art last week, and then we went on to regular Math. The 4's finished their problems relating to Venn and Carroll Diagrams and the 3's worked with me on ordering numbers from least to greatest and vice versa.
After lunch we had Science, and continued our telephone dissection, followed by some work with light, which is what we'll be studying for the next little while. We have a special guest coming into our classroom on Thursday to do with our Science unit as well!
Take care everyone and have a great evening!
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