Thursday January 27 Day 5

We started the day off in the Library with Mr. Brutto.   Mr. Brutto discussed with the class how to choose a book at their level.  He reminded them of the 5 word rule.  Read a page and if there are five or more words on one page that can't read then it may be too challenging for you.

We returned to class and did the morning message which was full of spelling mistakes. On a sheet of paper the children were asked to fix the spelling of the 12 words that were spelled incorrectly.   After that we did a speed drill in number facts to 10.   We tried to complete the second half of the sheet from yesterday.  In a minute and a half do have the sheet of adding. and then flip and do a minute and a half of subtracting.   The questions that were not completed or incorrect were sent home for homework.   We then used pattern blocks to do some work on area and covering space with non standard units (eg.  triangles).  How many triangles cover a hexagon?


After recess we did our Math activities which included graphing from a tally, adding two-digit numbers without regrouping, finding area of  shapes in square units, and building a box from one sheet of construction paper. 


Here is Area 203's collection of boxes. Each student constructed a rectangular prism from a single piece of construction paper and masking tape.  They had to combine a lot of skill and patience to construct boxes.  They now have to decide what kind of product their box might be good for.  Stay tuned to see what creative ideas are made.

After lunch we did our Literacy activities.  We worked on adjectives, written retelling, penmanship and science sheets.    Baby Teagan came in for a visit.   She has grown a lot since Dec. 2, 2010 and she was in a very good mood.  It was exciting to see her spit and drool too.     After her brief visit we read from the new novel we are reading " Tales of Despereaux."   We are introduced to Despereaux, and the fact he is not like other mice.

Last period we worked on finalizing our plans for our community maps which we will begin soon.
 HOMEWORK: Complete Spelling ( 5 students)
                         Complete addition/subtraction sheets
                         Read.