Today we started off the day in the Library with Mr. Brutto.
When we returned to class we wrote in our Journals. We had the choice of writing a recount of our March Break, an expository paragraph on Spring ( do you like it or not?) or an explanatory paragraph on how to keep busy on a rainy day. We reviewed each form and reviewed what needed to be included in each form.
After recess we did math. We reviewed telling time. Grade 2's looked at telling time the hour, half past, quarter past and quarter to on both digital and analog clocks. Grade 3's were looking at elapsed time.
After lunch we did a reading response to the story Red Parka Mary. We are starting to look at the main idea or big idea in a story. What is the author's message that we should learn? We focused on connections and feeling during the story. Then we talked about making connections to the big idea. This is high order thinking and is more challenging than simply retelling a story. Students wrote a response stating what they thought the big idea was, and what connections they had after listening to it. In this story, the big idea was not judging people or how your feelings can change once you get to know someone. In this story a boys feelings change from being scared of an elderly lady to loving the elderly lady.
After we completed that as best we could we worked on the Math activity from the morning as a class.
After recess we did our Spelling test and worked on our Spelling Lesson 24.
HOMEWORK: Math Sheet Gr. 2
Math Pg. 238-239 Gr. 3
Read.
