Today we finished our second round of analogy Jumpstarts for our morning warm-up. We also stretched our brains with a "word work" activity by creating as many words as possible from the word confidence. How many words can you create? (3 or more letters, no names, and no abbreviations) We created 23 in 8 minutes.:)
We dug a little deeper into finding the area of irregular shapes in The Measurement in Me Math curriculum. Students are becoming more comfortable with decomposing/partitioning and using the area formula to calculate square units. They did really well on our challenge problem and finding lengths based on other given measurements.
Today during our Mindset Moment, we viewed a short video clip from Wondergrove learning where the characters Moby and Katy discover the power of YET! Today's discussion and questions asked students to be reflective about their own experiences with fear of asking for help when encountering a problem task or struggle, the appropriate response when needed help, and understanding the great power contained in the small word YET! Students responded to discussion questions in their journals and completed a "think, pair, share" exercise with two different classmates.
- Why is the word ”yet” so powerful? Think of a ”yet” moment in your life and discuss it with your neighbor!
- Ask your student to share their "YET" moment with you and discuss the power of the word.:)
We also exercised our critical thinking skills during a fast and furious game to solve the "Daily Set Puzzle". Madelyn was the first to find all 6 sets this week. Who will be next?
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| Madelyn perseveres to complete the Daily Set puzzle from setpuzzle.com. |
We ended the day with a brief workshop in their Medieval Times Lapbooks and discussion of Chapter 3- Protecting the Castle in our Knights and Castles Magic Tree House Fact Finder book. Students then chose to create a castle diagram or vocabulary matching game to highlight the vital components needed to keep the occupants safe.
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