Meghan was our child of the day and she read a realistic fiction book: Good-bye Gabby. What a GREAT job she did and the book lead to a lot of discussion. Listen later on the video to hear her read.
We began the morning writing our reading responses to Little Red Riding Hood. We are using a piece that they are VERY familiar with as we learn to write an extended response. Today, they had to restate the question and write a GIST answer. The question was: How did the wolf fool Little Red Riding Hood? A restatement and GIST answer would be something like this: The wolf fooled Little Red Riding Hood by acting like her grandmother.
Believe it or not, it's hard for kids to restate a question and then write a short, to the point, answer. That's why we've worked on it awhile. Tomorrow, I will model for them how to begin truly answering the question with details, staying on topic, and proper conventions. The last step will be adding a conclusion.
After they finished their above activity, they either read or worked on their non fiction piece, or both. Quite a few are finished writing and are just adding pictures, etc.
In math, Juniors worked on mental math and seniors worked on place value to ten thousand.
Have a good night.
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