Math: Today lesson 94 began with rounding to the nearest 10. We looked at several examples such as 67, 81, and 11. We identified the nearest 10 and discussed that a number like 35, would round up to 40. She practiced finding the tens that each provided number is between and circling which 10 it was closest to. On her Guided Class Practice / Homework activities she read addition (money) word problems, practiced rounding as described above, completed a pictograph (following a key of counting by 2s), used comparison symbols with balancing equations, and two-digit subtraction with and without rounding. Finally, we are drilling time (using a “pick me” of clock flashcards cup throughout our session) and subtraction by flipping cards in a “war” game style quick drill. ELA: To expand on her social studies work, Sadee’s Language textbook activity provided with her a word bank to help write four sentences about George Washington. She also completed a fill-in-the-blank story with facts about him. For letters and sounds work, Sadee practiced doubling the final consonant and adding -ing, identifying root words as well as prefix and suffix, matching opposites, writing words to match pictures, and circling the -are in words like care, share, and rare. For writing, we brainstormed some thoughts and ideas about the American flag on an anchor chart. Sadee then generated a sentence to tell where she saw a flag over the weekend (at the baseball field). We will be printing the picture her family took and creating a page for a class book throughout the week. To wrap up our study of Dinosaurs Before Dark, we completed a part of speech hunt to find exciting nouns, verbs, and adjectives in chapters 1 – 10. Sadee used one of her combinations to generate her own sentence. Next, she wrote a story using the prompt, “If I had a pet dinosaur, I would…”. Finally, she put 15 words from the book in ABC order. Bible: Sadee was introduced to her memory verse for the week, Isaiah 55:0, “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.” For our Bible story today, we read, I Samuel 16 “God Chooses David”. We read about how God led Samuel to find David and anoint him the next king of the Israelites.
Sadee worked on her vocabulary and spelling. She completed her 100 subtraction problems in seven and a half minutes. We went to the scheduled recess for the last 15 minutes of class.
Sadee continued to work on her butterfly idea for the mural. She continued to work using the fill tool to fill in the butterflies. Her pen control and creativity are fantastic.
Sadee and I continued to work on her idea for the school mural. She finished her outlines for her butterflies and started to add color to the first one. She practiced using the fill tool and the light pen.
Today's activities involved facts about George Washington. Sadee began by writing/copying sentences which were facts about George Washington. She asked me to darken some of the lines on the penmanship paper to facilitate her ability to write on the lines and bring her letters down to touch them, a skill she is refining. We then watched a video and collaboratively read a picture book about Washington. Sadee had fun seeing the quarter coins that had been left for her, and I showed her how to lightly rub a pencil over a paper placed over the coin to create a rubbing of Washington's face. We also worked on a cut-out hands-on-activity assembling paper puzzle pieces to create a picture of the Washington monument when put together. Sadee drew related symbols on the borders of her paper, which included a flag, the Washington monument, some addition facts (as Washington liked math), and a picture of Washington's face. I then read 9 pages out of her Boxcar book, the chapter entitled, 'The Wedding.' Sadee made accurate predictions and answered questions about the characters. To reinforce her hard work today, we spent the last ten minutes of the class viewing two caterpillars that had been brought in by a staff member for the students' viewing pleasure. Sadee enjoyed learning the type of butterfly it would become, and viewed a picture of it; we agreed that it looked more like a moth. We had a few minutes to go outside where we enjoyed watching the antics of a cat, squirrel, and an unusual hovering insect, and we mimicked the chirping of the birds with our combined whistling skills. I mentioned that we were at the game on Saturday but did not see Sadee or her sisters there. Sadee filled up a personalized water bottle that Ms. Judie had gotten her. She appeared happy to start the week off in both a fun and productive manner and gave me a warm hug before getting ready for her next class.
