We ran out of time today! So homework is pretty lite.
Also TOMORROW IS EARLY RELEASE!
We have been talking a lot about characters and other elements of a story. Today we spent some time talking about comparing and contrasting characters in a story. It wouldn’t be very interesting if all the characters were the same would it? Also it is these differences in character that often set up the problems and conflicts and solutions inside the story.
We read a story together called Verdi, and then we compared Verdi, the main character, to the other snakes in the story. Tonight students should finish this compare and contrast sheet.
Next we went out and measured our plants. Unfortunately, many of our plants seem to have died off 🙁 This is probably a combination of the unfortunate timing of that severe thunderstorm we had, along with the unusually hot weather. This weekend looks a bit milder, so we are going to replant some of our seeds tomorrow. This happened last year as well, but we still ended up with a good crop by the end!
At the end of the day we introduced math centers. During math many days students will rotate to different centers that focus on specific mathematical skills that they need to work on. They will also be doing small groups with myself, and with Mrs. Wooflief, who will be coming in on Thursdays to help us. We talked about how in centers we are working as small teams, and what a good team does is help each other understand things.
Tonight students should finish the word problem sheet from yesterday (5-10) answering them just as they did last night.
Then before you knew it (and before we could get to some things I really wanted to get to) it was time to go!
so, tl;dr
EARLY RELEASE TOMORROW!!
Finish compare and contrast for Verdi:
Finish word problems
and as always, read!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter