Wednesday March 19, 2014

Today's Social Studies lesson began with a chapter 10-12 quiz about the events of the American Revolution that have happened so far in My Brother Sam is Dead.  Some of the most important events and quotes have come from these chapters which help us to understand what it was like to be alive during the American Revolution.  A great quote today came from page 185 about Patriot and Tory soldiers, "They've seen so much death, these soldiers.  What does the life of one more man mean to them?"  Ask you child what this means and who the one more man is.

Volume was the focus of our math lesson today.  Volume of rectangular prisms is found by multiplying length, width, and height together and cubing your units.

 (Fiona's visual reminder of what length, width and height are)

(practicing Latin root words in small groups)

This afternoon students reflected upon their year so far by giving me feedback in a Google Doc survey.  They answered various questions about our classroom and the effectiveness of me as a teacher and some of the activities/strategies we practice in C6.  I love hearing student feedback and am always looking to improve myself as a teacher.  Student feedback helps me adjust and make instruction that much more effective.

At 2:50 we got to watch the 2nd grade musical performance.

Tonight’s Homework

Math
- Volume of rectangular prisms
- 11 to 15 in Morning Math packet
Reading
- Read 30 minutes
- NewsELA on Genghis Khan is due March 25th - (Blue- 1130, Purple- 1020, Pink-900 , Green-720 )
- Land of Nod: read a couple times, annotate, text evidence, number proof
Vocabulary and Spelling
­- “ben, bene, bon” PWYK Friday; sentences due Friday
- Spelling due Friday
Other
- MPA and RSAs signed
- Planner signed
- Study Island (optional)
     PACCS Math: represent/interpret data AND multiply fractions
     PACCS Reading: cause and effect AND events, ideas and concepts