Word Nerd Adventures

Today we began by helping decode some of the Word Nerd's fancy sentences using our knowledge of Greek and Latin roots.  We then used some dressed up synonyms to write Tyler our own misadventures.

For math, we embarked on Chapter 2 and a deeper study of area.  We looked at irregular shapes and strategies for calculating the space they cover.  Students traced their fried eggs and estimated the surface area, piecing together fragments to make wholes, finding larger rectangles within the shape to use the length times width shortcut, and counting whole squares for the grand total.  Next class, we will undergo the challenge of calculating our own area!

Our Jacob's Ladder reading focus was on finishing our analysis on The Dog and His Reflection by Aesop.  Students finished their Slide presentations and were able to present their ideas on theme, inferences, and cause and effect in the story to the class.  They did a great job!  If you have a Google account have them share their work with you!

For our Mindset Moment, we read the book, The Most Magnificent Thing, by Ashley Spires and looked at a great thing coming from the pieces of many mistakes along the way.

Finally, Students got to login to our class Chess Kids account to begin moving up the ranks with lessons, videos, and online practice.  We also filled in our history and strategy for the Knight in our chess sketchbooks.