Today we started off by graphing our daily high and low temperatures and then moved onto the carpet to read the morning message. I was full of errors and missing words and we worked together to make it easier to read.
We then started to look at fractions. We talked about fractions being part of a whole thing or a group of things. We talked about sharing one thing fairly and how when you share one thing between people, the more people the smaller the pieces each person gets. I told them that the pieces needed to be equal in size. We used examples of pizza, pie, lasagna, apples, chocolate bars etc. to show how one thing can be shared.
We learned the terms whole, half, thirds, quarters/fourths, etc. I introduced the terms of numerator and denominator. We also learned how to write fractions in proper notation. We then worked on a worksheet that reinforced the concepts. Tomorrow we will look at fractions as part of a group or set of objects. At the end of the period we wrote examples of halves, thirds and quarters in our notebooks.
After recess we went to the computer to get our first stories entered into the computers. This is taking a very long time. Many students are interested in changing the font colours and sizes more than inputting their stories.... oh well, its all learning.
After recess we had DPA and when we returned we worked on Spelling Lesson 24 for 30 min. Emmanuel came today to talk about milestones, mini-milestones, and how to keep a baby safe. We talked about why when a baby has learned to crawl should we not have small objects on the floor. We also talked about healthy eating, smoking and drinking alcohol when a mother is pregnant. It all effects the unborn baby.
After recess, we did writing workshop. Children had to choose an image from six given. That picture was to be the middle of the story. From the image students wrote what happened before and what happened after the picture was taken. The students were into this activity and most were interested in the dog with the cast.
HOMEWORK: READ. READ.
