Reading ~ Take Home Reader 20 minutesLanguage Arts ~
- ER (Esperanza Rising) group complete Word Wizard
- RF (Riding Freedom) group complete chp. 3 and questions due tomorrow
Math ~ Triangle WS complete triangles B,C,D,E (measure the interior angles of the triangles)
SS ~ complete textboxes on pages 84-85
Today's Objectives:
Math ~ continued Triangles....measured the interior angles of a triangle; went over HW
Reading ~ completed our Word Study book (totally completed in class through class discussion) page 19 using the prefix "out"; worked on our next Writing Menu (again, a classroom assignment);
read The Giving Tree -- we are working on inferences this week (drawing conclusions) and I am using this book to have the students draw conclusions about love, gifts, and happiness. We are working on this all week. At the end of the week, we will write about the love, gifts, and happiness the Boy received in the book and draw conclusions about our own lives and how and why we show love, happiness, etc. This is a "deep" concept for the students, but I know they can handle it and the thoughts that go with questions such as, "how do you know you are loved?" -- "can you be happy without getting gifts?"
SS ~ students read about the colonists preparing for war (text pg.84-85); went over HW
Science ~ continued classifying clouds based on their height in the atmosphere (refer to Coach book pg. 101-103)
Omiah shared a little summary about the Giving Tree with me Tuesday night on the way to her dance class. The one question that I asked her was did the little boy ever say thank you. Her response was no, he didn't. However she took the time to remember that she had forgotten to say thank you for a little snack that I had just purchased. This seems to be a wonderful book that will require the students to do a little self reflecting. Great job Mrs. Gumbs. You are doing an excellect job. Thanks for all you do!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing that Ms. Moore! The students were VERY reflective after reading this book. I used it to teach about drawing conclusions and inferring when reading. The questions that we discussed in class brought great conversation in the classroom and much thought from the students. I appreciate your comment and thank you for your compliment; it really means a great deal to me.
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