Wednesday, November 18

Wednesday, November 18
Letter Study: Ss

Sight Word Focus: or
Reading Workshop: Using Text Features: Boldfaced Words and SidebarsDarker, or boldfaced, words are important to the topic. The chapter title is bold because it names a section of the book. In this chapter, I know to pay close attention to anything that tells about adult frogs.

The main text says that frogs breathe through skin and lungs but not why. The sidebar says it depends on whether the frog is in water or on land.

 Pay attention to boldfaced words and sidebars. Ask yourself, “Why did the author boldface these words? How can they help me notice important text? What details can I learn from this sidebar?

DAILY 5
Writer's Workshop: The kids are continuing to build muscle memory to increase their stamina for writing.
 Math:
New Concept:  Remember when we measured our friends? Some were taller than ____, some were shorter than ____, and some were the same. Sometimes you want to put items in order, so you might start with the tallest and go towards the shortest.   Sometimes you might start from the shortest and go towards the tallest. Call 3-4 students to stand up and put them in order from shortest to tallest. I can estimate who will be shorter but then I need to measure. I need to be sure that their feet are lined up and no one is standing on their toes. 
Then repeat several times switching between shortest to tallest and tallest to shortest.  
Whole Group Explore: Today you and your partner will put straws in order. You can make them go from shortest to longest or longest to shortest. It is up to you, but you HAVE to label it correctly. It is really important that you remember to line up the bottom of your straws. 
Student Application: Students will count and write their numbers 5, 6, 7  
Students will order the sunflowers from shortest to tallest

Music Today
 Science
Scientists Use The Scientific Process  
Connect: Remember yesterday when we reviewed all of the tools that a scientist uses to do his job?  
Teach: Today I am going to show you how to do each step of the scientific method. Let’s look at our Scientific Method Anchor Chart. It tells us that the first thing we do is to state our problem in the form of a question. So, I want to know, How many drops of water will fit on each coin? Next, we make our hypothesis. I think that the nickel will hold the most water and the dime will hold the least. On my recording sheet I am going to put how many drops I think will fit on each coin. Now, we need to do our experiment. As we drop the water on each coin, we need to count and tally the drops on our recording sheet. Let’s do the penny together. Drop water on the penny as the children count and tally on their recording sheet. Now you can decide whether to complete the other coins as a group or to send kids off to work in pairs to do the other three coins.  
Active Engagement: Now it’s your turn. You are going to be a scientist!  You are going to do the same thing with the other 2 coins. 
Link: Remember boys and girls, today and everyday good scientists know we always use the Scientific Method to get their answers.

SMART Room: Cover one eye and trace the lines/circle with a finger.

~If you are able, thank you for helping us with the Club's Choice fundraiser!
~Our classroom is collecting used shoes/sandals/flip-flops until next Wednesday. Look for information in today's Wed. envelope.