Wednesday

FYI:
*I lied. :) SORRY! I said I would have the new interventions with teachers ready for the Wednesday folders....but I don't! However, it's not totally my fault! haha  We are still waiting on a few of the pre-test assessments to get completed before we can create the groups.  I PROMISE to send home before Thanksgiving!!!
*Our Class President received a PERSONALIZED letter from the Governor of KY today! WOWZA! Are you as impressed as I am?  A very sweet little birdy was speaking with him and bragged on our election unit...Apparently Mr. Beshear was impressed and wanted to wish Ben "Good Luck"!!
*Class President - he has sent a letter home to you all today about a community service project our class would like to do for Thanksgiving!

Science:
LO: I can describe the environment in which a fossil was found.
Activity: We were the jury again Science Court! It's such a neat program! Ask your child about it!
HW: none

Literacy:
LO: I can explain 1st and 2nd hand accounts using evidence based terms.
Activity: Loved today! We moved all the desks out of the way and created a little carpeted learning space with us and the glow of the smartboard! :)  We practiced with the story, Encounter (1st hand), and a 2nd hand account of Christopher Columbus.  The kids also worked on their speaking and listening standards during this lesson, too! We then practiced with writing answers using our evidence based terms on other pieces of writings.
HW: 2 stories - kids have 3 questions to answer for each story and they MUST use their evidence based terms to answer the questions - we are growing SMARTIES in here!!! :)

LO: I can create complete sentences with homonyms.
Activity: We created sentences with subjects and predicates using our homonym words correctly!
HW: none

Math:
LO: I can explain using words multiplication and division word problems.
Activity: We used base ten blocks to answer word problems.
(same for Challenge group)
HW: None - for some kids they need to complete a "Fix-It" sheet after today's Entrance Slip.  The kids have a sheet of extra problems to practice and were able to practice with a teacher one on one today.
**Math Test on MONDAY!**

Morning Skill:
Learning Cursive
Prefix: Sub, Re