Blake was our child of the day and read the book The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle. He wanted to read this book because he thought the class would enjoy hearing the sound the cricket makes at the end of the book.
We finished our non fiction conventions book today. They will use this as they write their report on weather. As I said yesterday, they each have their subject. They began taking notes today. I would appreciate it if you would help them pull up research on their topic at home from the internet.
As soon as MAP testing is done, I want to go to the computer lab and have the kids complete a webquest on weather. At this point, the earliest will be May, but if we didn't have a lot of absentees during the testing for make up, maybe next Friday!
Although we use the one computer in the room, I don't like to waste a half hour in the lab for kids to play computer games, including Everyday Math, Kids College and other internet or software games. Since every parent indicated to me that they had computers, they can do this at home as part of the homefun, in addition to the homelinks. However, a webquest, which is based on best practice in instruction, is a valuable opportunity for them to use the computer in a more meaningful way.
If we had kids that did not have access to computers, I would give them the opportunity to play the Math games, etc. in the lab.
Sofia also has a story up on the website. Just click on the hot link, Community of learners, then student writing, then student writing page 2. You'll see her new story there.
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