Lockdown practice happened in our building around 9 this morning. We did well as a large group sitting in a small space for about 20 minutes. Ask your child how they felt during the drill.
Sticker math was a bit difficult this morning. It involved three steps and three digit numbers. Students will be working for 10 minutes before they can ask a question from now on. They all know to help themselves get going they must first read the question, then read the question again, circle the numbers, underline the question and box the important words and make a plan to get started. Teaching them persistence when the going gets tough they must also have a question, not 'I don't get it' when they come to me. I've told them it is not my job to tell them the answer but rather encourage them in their plan to answer the question. I will ask them questions "Why do you think that will work?" "How do you know that is the answer?" To get them thinking like the math experts they are.
We had a friendly little competition in table groups to come up with all the elements a reader would find in a fairy tale. Interesting answers to "What makes a story a fairy tale?" then we brainstormed all the fairy tales we knew. Moving into reading the story, "Princess Hyacinth" we looked at it's fairy tale elements and completed a graphic organizer.
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