Fantastic Friday!

Howdy Folks,


We had a most excellent Friday, as we got down with a little bit of math, a little bit of reading, and a lot of practice on positive social behavior!

We been working on our keyword strategy during me bag presentations. We would listen in on the presenter share his/her item, and while listening, we would jot down any keywords that will help us retain and recall information that was presented to us. We also utilized the turn & talk strategy to verbally share out the information, using our keywords!

During Me Bag presentations, we also discussed some ways to prep a speech or presentation. We noticed that some students wrote out his or her entire speech, and that's one way to have a speech prepared. We also noticed another method to prep a speech, and that's to have a small handful of keywords that will help us recall important information, from the top of her head, that we need to present to an audience!

Various ways to prep a speech!

During math block, we worked on grounding three digit numbers to the nearest ten! Since rounding numbers is a new concept for many of us third-graders, we will require a few more math sessions to practice strategies for this concept! Some things that we need to keep in mind when rounding numbers to the closest ten, is to consider which tens is number in between, and which ten is the number closer to? During this math session, to help us determine the tens that number is closer to, we utilize the number line as a tool to help us find the answer!

By the way, look for an e-mail, real soon, with interactive games dealing with rounding!

Throughout the day, we listened in during read alouds, and noticed & noted any Contrasts and Contradictions as well as any A-Ha Moments! We then used these particular signpost to to share our inferences about Horrible Harry and Roald Dahl, with a turn & talk partner!

Do you notice any signposts, and can you make an inference with the signpost?

And of course, we had Pokemon Friday! Pokemon Friday is fun and all, but it also is a chance to work on our positive social behaviors (like dealing with disappointment when someone doesn't want to trade, or setting up a trade that is fair for both sides, or compromising in order to get the card that you want!)

Cheers y'all, and have a nice weekend!