Wacky Wednesday

Well, it was a wacky day in room 217. It started with yours truly, Mrs. Fiete, singing about losing her chalk; then moving on to singing "Don't Stop Believing." Some of the students started to sing along with me! It was great! But alas, all the shenanigans had to come to an end with the 9am bell.

We started the day with reading. We read a poem by Mya Angelou. We talked about its imagery, as well as discussed why it was chosen to be paired with our story. Students used their appointment clocks to break into pairs, where they read the story aloud and answered some comprehension questions. In English, we chatted more about the different types of sentences and nouns. After music, we got our pictures taken. (CHEESE!) We went to the computer lab for a while. After lunch and recess, we got to do some really cool math. We used straws and twist ties to create geometric shapes: triangles and quadrilaterals (squares, rhombus, parrallelogram, rectangle, trapezoids). Students will be bringing home their straws home tonight--- ask them to show you their shapes! Also, ask them to describe the shapes-- why is it a square and not a rectangle? We finished up our day with a little social studies and working with maps. All in all, not a shabby day.

Homework:

1. Reading Log due tomorrow
2. Spelling Pretest Tomorrow
3. Finish Math Journal Page 8
4. Spelling Packet due Friday

Reminder: Book Club Orders are due NEXT friday: 9/3