WOW, what a week!

What a jam packed, super fun week back!  

We started off our week after spring break with an exciting Tall Tales unit! We read 4 Tall Tales featuring Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, Mike Fink, and John Henry.  We took a break for our regular Daily 5 tasks, and had 8 different tall tale themed tasks to complete during the week.

Books ready to be read.

ABC order task 1 station. You can see our tables were transformed as well.

Writing station was transformed with a little burlap for task 7.

Digging through chicken feed for synonyms at task 5.

Tall tales even found their way into our guided math stations this week!

Differentiated math group activities to go along with our Tall Tales unit. 

Pecos Place Value

Students pulled a card out of the bucket.

On the recording sheet, students would write the number.  Then, they would circle ones, tens, or hundreds, according to what their card said.  Then they would write the number that was in that place.

Sometimes students would pull a lasso and expand card.

On the backside of the recording sheet, students would write the number, draw the tens and ones, then write it in expanded form.

Lasso and Expand

Each student got a 3 in a cube dice.   Students would make a three digit number and record it on the recording sheet.

Student would then draw the number in base ten blocks, and then write it in expanded form.

This was done with my groups that understand place value and need reinforcement of the skill.

Slue-Foot Sue Subtraction

Students would pull two dominoes from a cowboy boot.  Students would use the dominoes to make 2 two-digit numbers and write a subtraction equation on the recording sheet.

Students would build the top/largest number on the place value mat to model the problem and borrow if needed.  Then they would record the answer on the recording sheet.

Science is one of my very favorite subjects to teach...next to reading. :) 

We started a force and motion unit this week. Lesson one this week introduced the concept of force.  A force is a push or a pull that may make something move.

Students used two pencils, a rubber band, and a marble to make a sort of sling shot.  Two students held the pencils and one student pulled back the rubber band.  

Students pulled the rubber band back a little and a lot. 

We recorded our observations.

On Friday we had....

Today we were privileged to have the NED show come to our school.  The NED show is a high energy, high excitement show that helps kids learn how to be champions at school.  The presenter was A-MAZ-ING!  The website even offers resources for parents.

Wow...I am exhausted after this awesome week...but it is a good exhaustion.  I can't wait for next week.