Last Week

In Science, groups weighed cylinders of various materials.  Each object was weighed out of water, partially submerged in water, and completely submerged in water.  After graphing the results students learned that objects weigh less in water.  They will continue to explore why this is true.  

In Writer's Workshop, students self and peer revised their narrative stories using a red pen. 

In pairs students took turns listening to each other's story and jotting down questions or suggestions that writer's should clarify or add to their writing to make it better. 

After students read a Time for Kids article about Hurricane Irene they completed the Vocabulary Organizer to help prepare them to write 3-5 sentence summary.  After noticing some students were struggling with pulling out just the important information from the article, the following day I modeled for students how I completed the Vocabulary Organizer.  With a colored pen they were able to revise their organizers before writing the summary.  

Exploring the differences between maps and globes during Social Studies. 

Back to School!

Today was certainly an interesting day coming back to school after being off for two days.  At least the class was able to celebrate Halloween!

This morning, in Writer's Workshop students edited their narratives.  They were given an editing check list and a blue editing pen.  If they finished before snack time they were to switch papers with a buddy and peer edit.  

Students learned about puns through a Howl-o-ween Puns: Toadily Eerie-sistible packet.  The riddles and multiple choice pun answers were all Halloween-based.  While some of the play on word sayings were unfamiliar to students, such as 'have your cake and eat it too,' it was fun for them to think creatively and to learn about some common sayings. 

Party Time!!!