Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday!
We jumped right back into things this morning. We started off our day using the new Senteo system with our Smartboard. The Senteo's are hand-held devices that allow students to enter their personal answers. We will be using these devices throughout some of the other subject areas, but only used them today to review multiplication.
We then spent some time with our Guided Reading groups. Group 1 read "Chance for Cherry Tree Creek" in partners then completed 4 comprehension questions. Groups 2,3, and 4 worked on writing their Tale based on the elements of a trickster's tale that we reviewed before Christmas.
After recess, we completed a day of Math Pods. Students worked in pairs to play Multiplication Tic-Tac-Toe to review their times tables. At another station, students played Division Machine. The third group worked with me to introduce estimation and division. Students are using two estimation strategies, Compatible Numbers and Front-End Estimation, when dividing. We have used these strategies numberous times before with other methods of calcuation. Students were assigned page 98 (2,3,4,5). This assignment is due tomorrow.
After lunch students had French and Phys. Ed.
I have sent out the latest MarkBook for Language Arts this afternoon. The January classroom newsletter will be sent out tomorrow.
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