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.

Tuesday March 31st

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, Read aloud, reader's/writer's workshop.

Period 2 - French

Period 3 - More work on Equivalent Fractions.

Period 4 - Math continued

Period 5 -Wrap up social studies.  We'll be looking at maps from 1800 and maps today....comparing the differences.  We'll do a little 4 square activity that captures what we've covered thus far.

Period 6 -depending on the level of motivation (teacher and students...long day, indoor recess both breaks it's looking like)...we'll either start some science....looking at plants...what they need to survive...or maybe just some free time/mindfulness

Monday March 30th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, Weekend Round Up, Chapter 9 and 10 of the Tale of Despereaux.

Period 2 - Finish our 'secret of you' prologues.  Then read or write, not with a partner this week (last Monday was a bit of a disaster).

Period 3 if it's nice we'll stick around outside for a bit...then come in and look at Fractions of a set...but also equivalent fractions.  

Period 4 when we're finished our work, I have a few questions on Math Prodigy...I'll hopefully be conferencing with the kids to see that we're all on the right track.

Period 5 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 6 we'll use the chromebooks to finish up on the math and maybe even some Dojo time...I'll hopefully finish my conferences.