C-Time seemed to go off without a hitch today. Thank you for helping us make it work!
We didn't have writing time, but the students wrote in their writers' notebooks when they first came in this morning. We had a bit of time to share. I am impressed with the students' willingness to write! Very cool on my part.
In reading, read aloud produced another great discussion. The students are showing strong feelings about how the main character in the story is being treated. I did a lesson on main characters vs. minor characters, using examples from the read aloud. We then talked about what we know about the main character Angus. We listed character traits and then generalized how we find out things about characters in our books. One way is the author tells us, another way is how the characters themselves act and what they say and the final way is what other characters say and how they act toward the main character. This is to help students think about their responses for the first blog entry. They had a chance to Respond to Reading or Read to Self. Some kids had a conference as well to check in with their comprehension. 2 hours and vocab is due Tuesday. All students need to read to their deadlines and sticky note along the way.
In science today, we talked about the variables that occurred during the "How Many Drops on a Penny" lab yesterday. We then began our discussion of the part of the scientific method which is materials and procedures. Students are being asked to write out very specific procedures for wrapping a shoe box. I think they will find out that it isn't as easy as they think! The importance of clear procedures will be the point of today, tomorrow and Monday/Tuesday's lessons.
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