Rough day...

Deep breaths. In...Out... We began our day a little rough as we are in a dry spell when it comes to potato head pieces so we each said one word to describe what we would be responsible for to help us to earn some pieces. However, we didn't even get to the "game" or "fun" part of our meeting because we had too many side conversations or were talking over each other. We pressed pause and got our minds right and then went down to 2nd grade to watch one of their Reader's Theaters. Ta-woo! Ta-woo! (Just say it to your kids and see if they smile like I do!) Then, we got to work with fractions. We discussed and created equivalent fractions and shared different numbers of pizzas and candy bars among different numbers of students. We ended with an exit slip writing about the math and although they can make equivalent fractions with pattern blocks, they cannot yet transfer that understanding to decide if two fractions are equivalent. So, we'll continue with this work tomorrow. We had gym today and although it wasn't raining, spent recess indoors because of all the puddles and mud. Overall, our morning was ok. However, the afternoon was a struggle. During Read Aloud, we were all very tuned in to The Beaded Moccasins as we were reading a very pivotal and dramatic part. We also did well with our independent reading and many "cashed" in on their Book-it goals for a free pizza. Here's we things got rough. Reader's Workshop should be a time where students are reading and writing about their reading. This is an independent time so that I can meet with groups to better their reading abilities. They know this but continued and continued to talk and distract and stay off-task. So much so that even after they had more time and we didn't even get to Science, they still did not complete the work/task assigned. Needless to say, some will be working during recess time tomorrow since they chose to spend work time as recess... Hopefully, your kiddo was one of the ones that was able to complete their Reader's Workshop work and work on their opinion essay.
Our goals for tomorrow will be INDEPENDENCE and RESPONSIBILITY.