Awesome day everybody!

Underground to Canada novel study is in full-steam ahead mode!  Students were to have chapters 1-5 read for today. Some need to re-read using their reading strategies to aid in comprehension of the material.  We did a peer book chat for a speaking evaluation with several students struggling to meet outcomes because of limited memory of material.  Always re-read material to insure understanding.

Students have been asked to complete the reading or re-read the material over the weekend.  Some students have clearance to read start reading chapters 6-10 but not all of it as we are doing this in our Balanced Literacy stations. 

READING GROWS A STRONG BRAIN!

I was very proud of working stamina shown with digital citizenship today during our group novel tech project setup.  Students strongly showed their 6/7 essential skills of 21st century learning! Students showed digital citizenship by:
 
created to set up their OneNote binders online
collaborated & connected by setting up sharing methods
communicated using strong decision making skills by dividing up the novel sections amongst partners
showed critical thinking by finding a better way to show online who did what section.

  FANTASTIC INDEPENDENCE DEMONSTRATED! 

 

Math

Many students are struggling with the mental math aspect of reducing  mixed/improper/proper fractions.  REMEMBER WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN CLASS WITH MRS. LUDWAR ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING THIS SKILL FOR FUTURE GRADE WORK!  Make this a priority and drill daily so you can focus on step by step thinking vs the calculations. 


Work on your 2 fraction sheets which are due on Monday.

FYI

Holy Childhood donations school fundraiser, we discussed starting with $1.25 per student for our class contribution. 

WE NEED STUDENTS TO STEP UP AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEIR AR GOALS SO THE CLASS CAN EARN THE 2ND REWARD.  Most students have been waiting for this reward since mid-November.