Charts, Clocks, and Capitals

Spelling-  Today's spelling list was made up of some new words, and some repeated ones.  I explained to the kids that, although many of them can spell certain words for a spelling quiz, they spell the same words wrong often when it is used in other subjects!  We had a discussion about how the things we learn are not supposed to stand alone, but to be integrated into other areas.

Writing-  In writing class, we had a review of alphabetizing by the 4th and even the 5th letter.  We also talked about what to do if a word runs out of letters before there is a difference!  The students worked through a dictionary exercise.  Then, they were all given slips of paper with words written on them.  They did not have to alphabetize the ones they were given; they had to combine together to alphabetize the entire list! As they worked in other subjects, I read and edited what they have written so far on their persuasive writing papers.  They will continue to work on these at home.


Math-  In math class, the 3B class discussed the adding and subtracting of time, which can really be tricky!  For instance, 45 minutes after a 10 till 3 can be a lot to compute!  Ms. Jennifer taught them about military time, as well.  They used handmade clocks, as well as their workbooks, to solve problems.  The 4B math class worked with different charts and graphs today.  They created different charts, and then graphed the results.

Grammar-  Today was the last "regular" lesson in our grammar books!  They class had a review of punctuation rules.  We reviewed commas, quotation marks, semicolons, and apostrophes.  They had to remember what we have learned about direct quotations, introductory elements, compound sentences, and much more!

Geography- The kids worked in small groups to complete maps and match states with capitals.  They are studying hard, and we are almost finished adding all 50 states! On the last day of class, we will have a geography bee... with prizes!

Social Studies-  The class went over their big test over World War I.  There were lots of very pleased students!  I was very impressed with all of the excellent grades!  Mr. Dennis and the class discussed the answers, as well as talked about the material over the next era in American History, the economic boom of the 1920's.

Art- In art class, Ms. Nancy had the children working with negative space, as they created cityscapes!