Monday 8-18

It was a great day today!

Morning Work: We started the morning with a new week of Read and Write for today. This week we are writing a short story and learning about the 5 W's. We are also reading a letter from a boy who went off to learn how to be a knight.
*** What are the five W's?***

Writing: We continued our cookie writing today. In our groups we wrote our topic sentence, details and concluding sentence on the store bought cookie we tasted last week.
*** How was this cookie different than that bakery cookie?***

Reading: Today we read a poem about the Saguaro Cactus. The students learned that when we read we need to use good rate, accuracy and expression. The students read and acted out the poem in groups. All the student brought home a copy of the poem. We also highlighted words in the poem that had endings. We sorted the words with endings into 2 categories, ending in s and other endings. Then we found the base word for each of the words.
<<<<< Homework Alert>>>>>> Cactus worksheet - 10 problems - fill in the blanks with the correct word, the one with the s or the one without
*** How do you spell the base word in the work thinner? ***

Math: Today we explored our student reference book. We took a "bookie lookie" all the way through the book. We did a really fun scavenger hunt to find out all different kinds of math information.
*** What do we find in the glossary? ***
<<<<< Homework Alert>>>>>> Links 1.3 If you need help with the homework visit the Everyday Math Site

Monkey Math: We took another fact test today. We will be making flash cards tomorrow.