Tests, Fables, Buddies and Gym

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the new daily reading calendar went home

Thank you those who graphed their Halloween Candy haul, Mrs. Schneider will be very happy to see a practical use for the graphing she is teaching.

We began our Friday with Calvin and Hobbes.  Today it was stupendous man turning back time.  I thought it was fitting as we are learning about time.  I have also included yesterday's Calvin and Hobbes, as the students requested that I post them,  for the students to share them with the parents.  We then did some Smarties math using Halloween candy to make predictions and learn probability.  After that we began our weekly Friday test.  After recess some students needed more time on the test so I gave an extra 10 minutes.

Fable of the boy who cried wolf

We then continued with our poem Aesop's Fable poems.  This weeks story is the boy who cried wolf.  Many of the students were familiar with the story but it is a good one so worth retelling.  We than watched three versions of the story on the Internet.  One that followed the original story line but gave the moral as "don't lie."  The second was the Muppet version where Gonzo, the shepherd, over reacts to things the sheep keep saying .... it is quite funny and has a Muppet twist or two...  We than watched a parody of the story made from Lego characters called the boy who called dragon.

The bankers had a busy day paying of the students

From there we opened the bank, had our payday and desk pay. The students then had reading time or catch up work time in the 20 minutes prior to lunch. 

Desk Clean

After lunch we read for 15 minutes then headed off to Buddies.  Today in buddies the students worked on making equations using pictures of pumpkins and cats.  Very cool and fun too. After Buddies we worked on regrouping in subtraction before cleaning up and heading off to gym.

Have a great weekend everyone and we will see you on Monday