Tuesday April 14th

 Period 1 - Red light and read aloud...we're getting so close to the end and they're are sooo into this book I read about 6 chapters!

Period 2 -French

Period 3 -Outside...it was beautiful...lots of football for Mr. Cross

Period 4 -Edges, Faces and Vertices in math and on knowledgehook.

Period 5 and 6 is Science.  We'll be looking at parts of a plant.  We'll start our own bean babies growing lima beans in the window.  We'll use Google Drawing to make our own diagrams of the parts of a plant (e.g., Roots, Stem, Leaves, and Flower).

Reminder...tomorrow is Swim to Survive...bring your bathing suit.

Monday April 13th

 Here is what we've done (so far).

Period 1 -Red light, weekend round up, read aloud

Period 2 - we worked on our 'digital mood boards' and continued working on 'showing, not telling'.

Period 3 -we stayed outside all period...it was beautiful!

Period 4 - Math -we review Edges/Faces/Vertices- they did some work on Prodigy while I conferenced one on one.

Period 5 -is gym..they're with Mr. D right now.

Period 6 -is finish up.  I need to finish my conferences....they need to finish their digital mood boards and some prodigy questions.  If they work hard, I might give them some free time.

Friday April 9th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud, and I'm going to walk them through their 'mood boards' they'll be creating on Google Slides based on class novel.

Period 2 - They'll work on their mood boards finding pictures online that fit the mood of the characters...then writing sentences that show and don't tell what each picture means.

Period 3 -we'll continue to investigate 3D solids.  Naming them and figuring out their edges, faces and vertices.  I have some work for them to do as well.

Period 4-we'll use the chromebooks to do some more 3D work.

Period 5 - is Science.  We'll look at the life cycle of a plant and dissect a kidney bean...to see what's inside.  

Period 6 is gym.

Have a great weekend.  Reminder, we start Swim to Survive next Wednesday!

Thursday April 8th

 Here is what we did today (so far).

Period 1 - Red light.  Read aloud.  Mini lesson: Mig's 'cloudy dream' vs her 'Hard reality'....why she wishes so bad to be a princess.

Period 2 - Writer's workshop.  Mini lesson focused on 'showing, not telling' to help us be better writer's (like Kate DiCamillo).

Period 3 - It was WAY TOO NICE to stay inside. 

Period 4 - We quickly talked about 3D solids and their properties (edges, faces and vertices).  Then we answered a few questions on Prodigy.  

Period 5 is gym (Monday Schedule).

Period 6 I did have science on the agenda...but I feel like I might pivot to 'finish up/free time'...as many kids are not quite done their math.

Wednesday April 8th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop: character motivation (how Roscuro's motivation has changed)

Period 2 - Writer's workshop:  creating 'voice' through dialogue.  They're going to write 2 lines of dialogue without saying who the character is...we have as a class have to decide 

(e.g.., Person 1: "Good heavens! Whatever is that pungent, woolen monstrosity doing upon my pristine marble flooring? Someone fetch the Royal Tongs at once!"

Person 2: "Ooh, a foot-blanket! Finder's keepers! It’s got a bit of a pong to it, but it’ll keep me toesies warm in the dungeon, it will.").

Period 3- Math - More Symmetry, more quadrilaterals.

Period 4 - Music

Period 5 and 6 is art. I'm hoping to teach them how to shade using 'cross hatching' technique. Then we'll look deep into value, and shading (Chiaroscuro)...we'll see how it goes.

Tuesday April 7th

 Here is was the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, weekend round up, read aloud.

Period 2 - we made wanted posters for Roscuro...a character in our book. (French was moved to Period 6 today)

Period 3 we reviewed lines of symmetry and quadrilaterals...we're getting better.

Period 4 we played on prodigy and answered quadrilateral and symmetry questions.

Period 5 we did a bit of science...we looked at what plants need to survive (sun, water, space and food). 

Period 6 French with Mrs. Benison.

Wednesday April 1st

 Happy April Fools Day!

Here is the plan today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, and reader's workshop.  We compared Chiaroscuro to Despereaux.  We also watched this movie: Marshmallow tree...and it fooled a couple of the kids.  Especially when I asked " Do you think these Organic Marshmallows are healthier than the ones we buy in bags at the grocery store?"

Period 2- Writer's workshop.  We practiced using our senses to make 'the basement was scary', into something much more vivid.

Period 3 we started our unit on 2D and 3D shapes.  We talked about some 2D shapes and the their properties.

Period 4 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 and 6 we'll do some 'quadrilateral city' art.  When they finish they'll be able to go on Prodigy and answer some more 2D shape questions.