Word Scrambles, Coat of Arms, and Volume (not for your ears)

Our Jumpstart today was a classic word scramble.  Students used their prior knowledge together with some decoding skills to uncover our mystery vegetable names.  How well can you solve our scrambles?

Students were hard at work on our medieval times projects.  Students continued their investigation of knights, armor, and weapons.  They then chose symbols of heraldry to represent themselves on the battlefield by creating their own Coat of Arms.  

Work in Progress- Coat of Arms

Next week they will also choose between writing their own minstrel song or creating an advertisement for the medieval equipment they studied.


Students experienced yet another format of "Reader's Theater" today.  Teams practiced  and performed different "To Tell The Truth" game show scripts and presented them to the class.  We are focused on fluency and projection and also learned some interesting facts about Harriet Tubman and J.K. Rowling!  Students may select from several formats, including "To Tell The Truth",  when creating their own Medieval Times reader's theater script and production.  

"To Tell The Truth- Harriet Tubman"  Rehearsal

Sneak Peek of the J.K. Rowling performance!

We also continued our discovery of M3 Math- Measurement for Me by introducing Volume.  Of course, we discussed the specific volume used for measuring how much something can hold as Capacity.:)  Students chose one of the two graphic organizers to serve as a resource throughout the next few lessons.  Today we began "Let's Make Lemonade" and quickly learned that a classroom full of students and a few adults would drink many cupfuls of lemonade.  Next week, we will look more deeply into capacity conversions.