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So, we have switched up our schedule a bit to make things more cohesive. For this reason, I am mostly teaching 4th grade so my blog will begin to look a bit different as there will be a greater concentration on 4th grade work. However, I will continue to ask the 5th grade kiddos what they are doing in their classrooms and put the information I gather in my blog so that 5th grade parents can use the blog too.

After special, in our morning meeting, we discussed the new schedule and so far, most everyone is enjoying the cohesiveness. Then, we revisited our "One Word" from the beginning of the year and made modifications, added to it, left it alone or changed it completely for the new year. These "One Word" 2.0's are hanging on our lockers just as our others had. Ask your kiddo if they made any changes to their words. (Mine went from "SOAR" to "Soaring (toward success)."

During our Science/Social Studies/Literacy block, 5th graders in Mrs. Tanner's class continued with Time Magazine's People of the Year and then moved on to completing experiments with sound for Science. In my room, the 4th graders began with writing an opinion piece on, "The Best Invention Ever Made," before our The Toothpaste Millionaire read aloud. In the book, Kate is telling us about how she moved to Cleveland, Ohio and met Rufus, a fellow sixth-grade student that becomes a millionaire by making toothpaste! Then, we researched inventions from Ohioans. Ask your child for a few that we discovered today!

In Math, some 4th grade students took their Measurement Post-test, Geometry Pre-test and began an elapsed time Disneyland task. Others practiced for taking their test tomorrow by playing games and completing practice problems or working in a small group with me for better understanding before assessing on Thursday. 5th grade students in Mrs. Tanner's class worked on their pie problems and a pocket activity for understanding fractions and those in Mrs. Kelly's class completed problems with Mrs. Kelly on multiplication and division of fractions and took their Pre(ish)-test.

We had a fire drill between lunch and recess (that was fun) and enjoyed this crazy weather at recess. After a little bit of quiet time, students had Genius Hour time where some worked on bettering their keyboarding skills, some read and others tried to find some new ways to enjoy their iPads. (Unfortunately, a LOT of these were blocked by our school's filter but they took pictures of the cool tasks so they could try at home. For instance, one was to use iFakeTextMessage.com to create a scary story...)