Thursday, February 2, 2017

Carpet Caper

Our morning Jumpstart today focused on homophone riddles.  See how well you do!

A penny perfume________  ________.
Forbidden group of musicians  ________  _________.
A stallion with a sore throat ________  _________.
A frog pulled by a chain ________  _________.
To compose correctly ________  _________.
A chess horse after dark ________  _________.

For math we brushed up on our area and perimeter skills with three station rotations. At station 1, students worked with me to measure and calculate the area of our classroom with our Carpet Caper.  At station 2, they played an area and perimeter quiz game and were able to self-check for accuracy.  At the third station, several computer activities helped them gain fluency in solving for perimeter and area.




Our mindset moment today involved reading the book Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg.  The book shows how spills, tears, and mistakes can be creatively turned into works of art.  Student got to try their own hand at using something that might look like a flaw and turning it into an original picture of their own.

For our project work today, we read about protecting the castle and learned new vocabulary to understand the parts and structures involved in caste defense.  Students then chose to make their own labeled castle diagrams or create a matching game using their new vocabulary.


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