| | by Mr. Maynard ([email protected]) "Mama said there'll be days like this." Were The Shirelles talking about teaching back in 1961? :-) |
In all honesty, Friday was one of those days. We were very distracted with the weekend coming and struggled with self-control. What should have been a fun day with our "Dollar Words" activity turned out to be a frustrating one. With that said, it happened, and we will move forward. We will use the weekend to refresh and come back better.
Today I flipped "Reading" and "Social Studies" so we could get to our "Dollar Words" competition. In "Social Studies," we watched "CNN Student News," learning more about the upcoming presidential election, specifically what happens within a campaign, and the brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Remember to complete your 9/11 book report during the weekend. Next week we will start working from our textbook.
In "Reading," we read the next chapter from Because of Mr. Terupt, meeting the character named Alexia. Students used nouns to describe Alexia's identity, coming up with great examples like the "mean girl," "drama queen," and "troublemaker." While Alexia certainly acted like these words in the first chapter, we will see how she changes throughout the story. Next week, we will continue with this novel and start doing some work in literature circles.
After our read-aloud on Alexia, I introduced our "Dollar Words" competition, inspired by Because of Mr. Terupt. Basically, "Dollar Words" works like this:
1) Each letter in the alphabet has a value based on where it is located in the alphabet (a=1 ,b=2, c=3, y=25, z=26, etc.)
2) Students write down words and add up the values of each of the word's letters.
For example, the word "bay" would be calculated like this: B=2, a=1, y=25. 2+1=25 = 28. To qualify for a dollar word, the word must add up to exactly 100, or 100 cents.
After we discussed some strategies that might help us find these words, such as adding plurals like "s" (worth 19 points) to the end of close words or even making words possessive with an apostrophe s ('s), students got to work for the next hour.
For an added incentive, Room 201 was paired against Room 203. The class that found the most dollar words in the hour would be rewarded an extra recess. I will let you know which class won at the end of this week, as we may do the activity again. As of right now, I wanted to send a shout out to Kyheim and Nijuana in Room 203 and Cameron in Room 201 for coming up with the first dollar words in their classes. Also, Room 203 did a great job during this activity, mostly staying on task for the hour and really putting in good effort and thought.
I will see everyone on Monday. Have a safe and relaxing weekend. :-) Mr. Maynard :-)
Today I flipped "Reading" and "Social Studies" so we could get to our "Dollar Words" competition. In "Social Studies," we watched "CNN Student News," learning more about the upcoming presidential election, specifically what happens within a campaign, and the brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Remember to complete your 9/11 book report during the weekend. Next week we will start working from our textbook.
In "Reading," we read the next chapter from Because of Mr. Terupt, meeting the character named Alexia. Students used nouns to describe Alexia's identity, coming up with great examples like the "mean girl," "drama queen," and "troublemaker." While Alexia certainly acted like these words in the first chapter, we will see how she changes throughout the story. Next week, we will continue with this novel and start doing some work in literature circles.
After our read-aloud on Alexia, I introduced our "Dollar Words" competition, inspired by Because of Mr. Terupt. Basically, "Dollar Words" works like this:
1) Each letter in the alphabet has a value based on where it is located in the alphabet (a=1 ,b=2, c=3, y=25, z=26, etc.)
2) Students write down words and add up the values of each of the word's letters.
For example, the word "bay" would be calculated like this: B=2, a=1, y=25. 2+1=25 = 28. To qualify for a dollar word, the word must add up to exactly 100, or 100 cents.
After we discussed some strategies that might help us find these words, such as adding plurals like "s" (worth 19 points) to the end of close words or even making words possessive with an apostrophe s ('s), students got to work for the next hour.
For an added incentive, Room 201 was paired against Room 203. The class that found the most dollar words in the hour would be rewarded an extra recess. I will let you know which class won at the end of this week, as we may do the activity again. As of right now, I wanted to send a shout out to Kyheim and Nijuana in Room 203 and Cameron in Room 201 for coming up with the first dollar words in their classes. Also, Room 203 did a great job during this activity, mostly staying on task for the hour and really putting in good effort and thought.
I will see everyone on Monday. Have a safe and relaxing weekend. :-) Mr. Maynard :-)
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