During Reader’s Workshop, we learned that good readers ask questions before they read, while reading, and after reading. Ms. Stern showed us how. Then everyone went off to read and practice by themselves. At the end of Reader’s Workshop, we made a chart of our questions. Some children remembered to record their questions while they worked.
We observed our mealworms again for the second time today. Some really great observations and conversations took place at each of the tables. People noticed and compared differences between the mealworms. Based on our observations, we made predictions and asked questions. We love being scientists!
In art, we started working on our still lifes. Still life drawings are pictures of things that do not move. Ours are of different types of flowers. First we are drawing with pencil. Then we will paint them. Jacob worked on twelve flowers. Adam drew lots of flowers and started working on the stems.
During math, we reviewed the strategies that we have already learned. Sarah played one round of Sum Sense on the Smartboard. We learned another addition strategy today: counting on (start with the bigger number). We practiced by playing a game called Pig. The first person to get to 100 wins. You get points by rolling 2 dice. Each player can go as many times as they want (except if you roll one 1 you lose your turn). If you roll 2 ones your score goes back to zero. Ms. Stern played against the class first. She kept on rolling a 1! She ended up losing! Afterwards, everyone got to play in groups of 2 or 3.
Anthony D. played with Adam. Anthony kept rolling ones! Dylan A. thought the game went perfectly! He and his partner were going back and forth being in the lead. At the end, he won!
Thank you Dylan, Amanda, and Sarah (and her mom) for giving the Things That Are White blog challenge a try! It’s not too late to add more ideas. Look for another question of the week next week.
Have a terrific weekend. Stay dry!
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