March 21st

Apparently I forgot to hit 'publish' on yesterday's blog...my apologies.

Here is what today looked like.

First period I read aloud a book recommended by my son called, Naked Mole Rat Get's Dressed.  We talked about 'coincidence and serendipity'...as we've read a lot of Mo Willems recently.  Then we watched this little video on actual Naked Mole Rats:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/n/naked-mole-rat/

Period 2 I introduced the kids to expository writing.  We talked about 'sharing information' and the format of research papers.  Then as a class we wrote a quick expository piece on bats.

Period 3 we covered the last of the times tables we hadn't already examined...the dreaded 3's, 6's and 7's....but we realized by the time we got to the sevens we had basically covered all them already (because 2 x 7 is the same as 7 x 2...so we covered it when we learned our doubles strategy).
The kids enjoyed these songs:
 Three Times Table Song (Cover of Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars) - YouTube
Six Times Table Song! (Cover of CHEERLEADER by OMI) - YouTube
Then we worked on these sheets to practise:

http://www.math-aids.com/cgi/pdf_viewer_6.cgi?script_name=multi_times_table.pl&ttimes=3&srange=0&language=0&memo=&answer=1&x=110&y=5

http://www.mental-arithmetic.co.uk/6-x-Table-Worksheet-1.pdf

Period 4 Mrs. Smith came in to teach science.

Period 5 We'll be finishing up our Ted Harrison Art from yesterday.

Period 6 I am going to dedicate to finishing up our Art and Math...Early finisher's may even get a little bit of free time.

**Tomorrow is water conservation day...try and wear blue if you remember!