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| Concentration requires knowledge of multiplication facts and a good short-term memory. |
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| Writers workshop is a silent time, unless a student is conferencing with a peer or teacher. The thinking in this shot is almost palpable. Writing is thinking. |
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| Two students have decided to cowrite a historically-based novel about the Gold Rush. Here one of the authors shares chapter two. |
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| Today, we created our first Voicethread in cultural studies. Despite some technology snafus, a few silly students, and the fact that it was our first time, it was a solid learning experience. Check it out! |
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| Today I introduced peer conferences in the writers workshop. The main principle is that a writer must approach a peer with a question about their piece: How's my intro? Does the middle part make sense? etc. This group took the task very seriously and made their teacher happy. |
Reading: 30 minutes
Spelling: Practice your words
Math:
Today fourth grade math students learned a new game, Good Times, that students could easily play at home with a deck of cards to practice math facts. Rules to the game can be downloaded here.
4th grade math:
Please spend 10 minutes working on multiplication facts at the Math Magician Multi Maths web site.
http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/
Fifth graders played two games today that focused on shoring up multiplication facts. The first, called Concentration, is a memory game in which students must uncover matching facts (the 9x7 square matches with the 63 square, for example). They also played a game called Multiplication Compare that reenforced the skill of multiplication with trailing zeroes. Homework can be downloaded on yesterday's blog.
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