Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Day 32

8:45 Student Arrival

Morning Meets, Greets, & Light Snack
8:50AM Mini Warm-Up Activity
9:15AM BLOCK 1  Math Groups (Switch)
PE Break?

10:15-10:30 Morning Recess

BLOCK 2 Literature Groups (Rave-O & Lemony Snicket)

11:10 CB (Social Skills Practice)
11:40 Lunch Break

12:50 Silent Reading & sharing
BLOCK 3 ART/Writing Creating Acorn Story Symbols
1:40 Level Rewards







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                                                    9:15AM BLOCK 1  Math Groups (Switch)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/multiplication-division/mult-div-concept/v/multiplication-intro

Working on multiplication charts/a focus on number patterns within the chart....

Others: Place value games





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BLOCK 2 Literature Groups

Lemony Snicket, Chapter III

Chapter reading and analysis.  We will read chapter III and do an analysis. Students will complete a drawing that represents the chapter that they read (product).


Rave-O

Students will decorate their treasure chest.  They will add art and magazine articles to make it fancy.  They also will be pulled out to do one-to-one reading.





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Monday, September 29, 2014

2/3 Graders


One of our math groups (2/3) is doing morning math work, including the use of manipulatives.  We are looking at numbers from different angles and seeing patterns and building the conceptual skills. 




Friday, September 26, 2014

Day 30

8:45 Student Arrival

Morning Meets, Greets, & Light Snack
8:50AM Mini Warm-Up Activity
9:15AM BLOCK 1  Literature Groups
PE Break?

10:15-10:30 Morning Recess

BLOCK 2 Library/Comp Lab

11:10 CB (Social Skills Practice)
11:40 Lunch Break

12:50 Silent Reading & sharing
BLOCK 3 Fun Friday
DOJO STORE


Thursday, September 25, 2014

We like to discuss and brainstorm!



We looked at the "story elements" of minecraft. 


Tarantula work

We were learning about tarantulas, looked at a preserved Goliath and made some with a art project:




We also wrote about them as pets:




Day 29

8:45 Student Arrival

Morning Meets, Greets, & Light Snack
8:50AM Mini Warm-Up Activity
9:15AM BLOCK 1  Math Centers!!!!
PE Break?

10:15-10:30 Morning Recess

BLOCK 2 Literature Groups
11:10 CB (Social Skills Practice)
11:40 Lunch Break

12:50 Silent Reading & sharing
BLOCK 3 Symbols, Art, & Games

1:45 LEVEL REWARDS!!





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9:15AM BLOCK 1  Math Centers!!!!  

Two Groups:
  •  2/3rd graders will be building skills with looking at Number arrays (Both Addition and Subtraction
  • 4th graders will be doing Multi-Step Word problem practice (applied math)


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                                             BLOCK 2 Literature Groups Ongoing Tuesdays & Thursdays
Group 1)))) 

 We are starting RAVE-O for our students that need that language booster!!!  It's an excellent program that is whole language, phonics, and meaning connections.  See link for more information:

http://www.voyagersopris.com/curriculum/subject/literacy/rave-o



Literature Group 2))))))

Lemony Snicket will do literature analysis through a series of writing tasks and projects!!


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 Acorn Symbols, we will be painting the acorns we collected and making story acorns out of them...


Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Day 25

8:45 Student Arrival

Morning Meets, Greets, & Light Snack
8:50AM Mini Warm-Up Activity
9:15AM BLOCK 1 MATH GROUPS (2)
PE Break?

10:15-10:30 Morning Recess

BLOCK 2 TED ED
11:10 CB (Social Skills Practice)
11:40 Lunch Break

12:50 Silent Reading & sharing
BLOCK 3 READ ALOUD
1:45 LEVEL REWARDS!!









BLOCK 2 TED ED


http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-upside-of-isolated-civilizations-jason-shipinski 
 
Brainstorm and list elements of "civilization"...
 
 
 
 
Writing Task:  
Sketch out an idea for your own civilization, if you had food, water, protection, & peace, what marvelous buildings or invention might you invent?