MORNING WORK: This morning, we completed the Caught Ya as well as some money math problems on page 21 of your math journal.  If you have a handful of coins, you can complete page 21 at home.  You can skip the Caught Ya, though.
WRITING:  Today, we talked more about how authors "show" instead of just telling by painting pictures with words.  Everyone tried to do that by first choosing one of the sentences below:

Then, we wrote for 10 minutes, trying to describe what we would see and hear during this situation.  We shared a couple of short stories and will share more tomorrow.

MATH:  Today was fun!  We played a game called The Number Grid Difference Game- students vs. teacher.  I was winning!  But after a bit, I let the children play in pairs.  We might get to play again on Friday. 

We also practiced completing number patterns like the ones below:

After we got the hang of it, we completed more patterns on pages 23 & 24 of our journals. 

ROTATION:  During rotation, we read some more.  We didn't get as far as I'd hoped.  We read and took notes on pages 62-64.  We also drew a picture of either a gulper eel or a viperfish.  Make sure to add a label to teach us a fact about which creature you select.

Seatwork included:
  *Finish your Critter Cam questions from yesterday
  *Upload your pictures to Little Bird Tales (I've done this for you.)
  *Add cover art to your Little Bird Tale

We spent the end of the day at Drama with Mrs. Hershman.  We've missed you and hope you are feeling better!