Weekly Update 9/20

Reading

This week in reading, we started working on IDR. IDR (Individualized Daily Reading). This gives students a chance to improve silent reading skills and strengthen their reading. The students are working on improving the class library and pod. We are working on establishing a check in and check out system and working on decorations and getting it ready for use.

Math

In math we have been using positive and negative integers for the four basic operators when multiplying count the negative numbers if odd result is negative even result is positive

Some Highlights

New spiral notebooks for science and math

Speaking of math games, they are due 10/6/17

Work continues on pod library

Planning on more adding leaves

The pillar of stuff was replaced by tree

Also special dual interview

"I think the pod should be funny but

also have some realistic parts in it but I

Don’t want weapons ."in the words of an anonymous source

"I think the pod should be more realistic than fantasy seeing as

realistic would look better in the pod rather than fantasy" anonymous source

First library day was on Tuesday

 

IDR and Library

IDR stands for individual daily reading. Every day, we do IDR for about 10 minutes. I feel that because our first library lesson was last Tuesday! So, we will have more reading options for IDR. 5th graders are allowed to check out young adult books, so a new variety of books are open to the 5th graders.

Mr. Brown's class

This week in Mr. Brown's class in writing we have begun IDW (Individual Daily writing). To get ideas for stories we have read various books and stories including a short story by Ray Bradbury. While in P.E. we have been doing recess games and AMRAP.