Thursday

Good Afternoon! It was SO good to be back in front of the classroom today! I've missed them! We had a wonderful day together and the kids were just great! :)

*FYI:
*I'm starting a Book Club!! :) There is a letter in the kid's folder about it! Let me know if you have any questions.
*Food Cans - bring them in! We've collected so many!!
Reading:
Today we focused on play characteristics.  We read a play together as a whole class and really worked on each portion and each characteristic.  Then we answered questions about the play, again, going through each answer and deciding why it was wrong or right.  Next, the kids worked in small groups on a poetry/play quiz. They did soo well!! I was very impressed with their knowledge of the characteristics and terms. This stuff is tough! :)  Lastly, we worked in our Lit. Groups and worked on fluency and expression of words.
No HW

Writing:
Today we worked mainly on the different figurative language terms we've been learning in the poetry/play unit.  The kids know these terms but this time we took them out of their reading context to really tell what each word meant.  We also did a sticker game with different figurative language. It was so fun! Ask your child about what they had on their sticker!!
No HW

Math:
Part of the class worked more on double digit multiplication.  Some kids worked more on this with Ms. Wilham in a small group.  The other group of kids who passed their quiz worked on division with me.  Division is very difficult for new learners but the kids are really working hard and they are sticking with it with lots of positive praise!! We will continue both these skills next week.
Challenge Group: Using a calculator to correctly solve equations
HW: students have one of 3 pieces of HW:
1 - a multiplication problem
2- 2 division problems
3- workbook page with calculator usage

SS:
We discussed what would make a good class president.  Presidential hopefuls wrote me a persuasive letter.  I will be choosing the students to become our presidential candidates.  The rest of the students worked on their Town Hall Debate questions. 
No HW