It was great to see everyone again today! I missed their smiling faces. Some were a bit tired, as I was. I almost had my days and nights mixed up! I tend to stay up late and sleep in when I am not at work.
We started by getting our hands warmed up. We used Play-Doh to make things and get our hands used to working again.We did a writing lesson today. I modeled it, before each student came up with words that defined who they are. For example, some of my words were "God-Loving, Mom, Teacher", etc. Then we traced a person pattern. We put the words in order from most to least. We drew lines and wrote each word in a line. I will send a picture of our bulletin board when they are up.
There is no reading assignment tonight, but their January book did come home with them. Pie by Sarah Weeks is for them to keep. It is a chapter book, so if they aren't ready to read it alone, you can read it to them a little each day, or save it for them to do on their own.
We also took our ISIP test for January. Most improved, and I was so proud of them. We will do the math test on Thursday. These are done on computers. We are looking for growth and personal best, not perfection.
In math we reviewed, angles, rays, etc. We used pretzels and marshmallows. We added to our notebooks and did a practice page. The practice page required using our notebooks. It was a great lesson in referring to something to find answers. Because, as I always say, "Third grade is when we go from learning to read to reading to learn."
We glued our pictures onto a snowflake. I love doing this, as just as snowflakes are unique, so are my crystals!
Welcome back!
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