The children were energized today! It was wonderful to be back after three days gone. I shared with the students the reason I was gone: my brother had open heart surgery on the 28th and developed some serious complications. Things have settled down for now, and I'm quite relieved.
We had a busy day today. Students finished reading their first biography book with their interest groups, and we will talk about sharing facts in an appropriate format on Monday. The students really enjoyed it and it was exciting to hear them discussing whether facts were important or not so important.
In writing workshop, we revised our how to books. Our kiddos have a wealth of knowledge all wrapped up in their minds. It was amazing to see some of their "how to" ideas.
We had our spelling test and measured three types of jumps during math. On Monday, the students will use items such as linker cubes to measure the lengths of their jumps, and will put things in numeric order. We're able to deal with ordinality in both math and reading!
We made the list of things we need to pack for Australia today, and on Monday we'll pack our bags for our "flight" on Tuesday. (We're only going on a "pretend" flight, of course."
Have a wonderful weekend.
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