How good does their art look?  I love this class.  I give them an idea...and do a 'terrible teacher sample' then they elevate it and make it their own!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop: Reader's notice how characters respond to problems...we'll use Because of Winn Dixie for this.

Period 2 Writer's workshop: Writer's show how character's feel through dialogue and action. 

Period 3 we'll stay outside for a bit.  When we come in we'll talk about choosing the right kind of graph (e.g., Bar vs Picture), based on the data.  I've got several tables of data that they'll discuss with groups which graph would make most sense to use and why.

Period 4 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 and 6 is social studies. We'll continue with living and working in Ontario.  Now that the students understand the land (e.g., Hudson's bay, Great Lakes, Canadian Shield) we'll talk about how People organize themselves on that land (e.g., Rural, Urban and Suburban).  I have a cut and paste activity where the kids have to sort based upon those 3 categories (e.g., skyscraper = urban).