Cursive

Cursive handwriting was replaced with keyboarding in 3rd grade. However, students need to be able to write their signature so today, we practiced writing our name in cursive. If they want to continue learning, they are able and many chose to look up the cursive alphabet on their ipad. Some tried their middle names or whole names (not nicknames) to become even more proficient. Ask to see their signature!

After special, in meeting, we shared about our weekend using 5 words or less. This caused us a ton of curiosity about what these few words actually meant so I hope it generated some conversation later. Then, we played a couple of rounds of Coseeki. Before reading a new Chris Van Allsburg book, we discussed any final thoughts about The Stranger. The book we read today, The Sweetest Fig. We are noticing that Van Allsburg puts a lot of mysterious elements into his books and The Sweetest Fig had a fun twist at the end. After some discussion, students worked on their informational reports (if they hadn't finished this weekend) and on their first ABBC task that is due tomorrow. Most had plenty of time for reading independently. In Social Studies, 5th graders shared their landform games and 4th graders continued our discussion on insulators and conductors as well as heat vs. temperature with the Ohio Energy project. In Math, those in Mrs. Tanner's class they completed story problems made by their peers while in Mrs. Kelly's room, they completed some addition and subtraction fraction problems and in 4th grade, we completed the Metric Olympics (some received medals!) and practiced conversions. (Our 6th grade math friends worked with ratios.)