As with all the other classes, we began with our Brainwork activity. This week was the letter A and things that are lost. These activities force the children to stretch their thinking a bit and often they want me to tell them the "right" answer. There are no right answers. We are trying to come up with answers NO ONE else will think of each time.
I introduced the next Think and Touch activity which is adding and subtracting with Roman Numerals. The twist is the equations I give them are incorrect and they are not written down, but constructed with toothpicks. They are only allowed to move one toothpick to make the equation correct. The students really had fun with this, so I am excited to begin giving them even more of these types of problems.
Last, we completed two activities to further our study on mystery novels. First we did Cloze the Case. Ask your child what CLOZE means. The kids were given a prompt with missing words and they had to fill in the blank to make a coherent sentence. I was impressed with their thinking and creativity. The second activity required the kids to read, make predictions and then continue reading a short mystery book. Each cild was given a Cam Jansen myster book to work with. The few students that didn't complete the assignment in class have brought it home to complete.
We are almost ready to begin the writing of our own myster stories.
Book orders were sent home. Orders should be input or paper forms returned to me by Friday, Oct. 14.
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