Friday, March 15

In Math today, we made a friend for our Gallon Man. Then we used him to make conversions with capacity. We have been practicing and practicing with conversions and they are getting pretty secure with the skill. Next week we will be practicing but also reviewing area and perimeter. We will end our week with a measurement assessment. In Read Aloud, baby Shawn or the Rainmaker--according to the Puddlejumpers, was kidnapped! I wonder what the connection is with the first chapter... In Reader's Workshop, we finished our workboard work. We read about Ohio Inventors, finished our Guinness Reading and Math papers and applied measurement with a story. I give workboard work to reinforce skills and I've found that the kiddos aren't putting forth the effort needed--they see it as busy work so I'm going to be holding them more accountable for this work so you may see some things coming home if not completed in class. We were able to see the first grade musical this afternoon which was so cute! Our buddies are in first grade as are a lot of siblings! We completed the day playing a few rounds of "What's the Word?", an app on my iPad that I showed the kiddos this week. I like this app because it is free and teaches them vocabulary and patterns and paying attention to detail.