Today was a little rough at times, but we're still making lots of progress. We
started the day with our very first math lesson about Number Grid Puzzles.
Number Grid Puzzles are math puzzles based on a number grid that ask the
students to figure out what is one more, one less, ten more, or ten less than a
given number and fill in that corresponding box on a number grid.
Our read aloud today was When Charlie McButton Lost Power, the first story from Reading Street. During the read aloud, we practiced one thing great readers do: use their schema to help them make sense of the story. Schema is the fancy way of saying background knowledge or all of the information you have about a particular word, topic, or idea. Our reading lesson today connected picking books to shoe this time instead of shirts. Once we've found books (or shoes) that are a good fit, we want to make sure our book (or shoes) fits our interests and purpose for reading. After some independent reading time, we met for a second mini-lesson about literary elements: the characters, setting, plot, and theme. We used some of the books we've read to review these elements. Good readers pay attention to these literary elements as they read.
Our final activity before lunch was an on-demand piece of writing to serve as a benchmark or starting point for each writer. On-Demand writing asks the students to write a story in a set amount of time without teacher assistance, so we can see what each student is able to do as a writer. We will be referring back to this piece of writing many times this year. We took a Math Facts test after lunch and then earned three stars out of five in music. Our day ended with a great lesson about Voice Size taught by Mr. Cross.
started the day with our very first math lesson about Number Grid Puzzles.
Number Grid Puzzles are math puzzles based on a number grid that ask the
students to figure out what is one more, one less, ten more, or ten less than a
given number and fill in that corresponding box on a number grid.
Our read aloud today was When Charlie McButton Lost Power, the first story from Reading Street. During the read aloud, we practiced one thing great readers do: use their schema to help them make sense of the story. Schema is the fancy way of saying background knowledge or all of the information you have about a particular word, topic, or idea. Our reading lesson today connected picking books to shoe this time instead of shirts. Once we've found books (or shoes) that are a good fit, we want to make sure our book (or shoes) fits our interests and purpose for reading. After some independent reading time, we met for a second mini-lesson about literary elements: the characters, setting, plot, and theme. We used some of the books we've read to review these elements. Good readers pay attention to these literary elements as they read.
Our final activity before lunch was an on-demand piece of writing to serve as a benchmark or starting point for each writer. On-Demand writing asks the students to write a story in a set amount of time without teacher assistance, so we can see what each student is able to do as a writer. We will be referring back to this piece of writing many times this year. We took a Math Facts test after lunch and then earned three stars out of five in music. Our day ended with a great lesson about Voice Size taught by Mr. Cross.