Today went by very quickly.  I thought you'd be interested in how our day went, so read below for the details.

LANGUAGE:  I introduced pronouns to the class.  (They are words that take the place of nouns like:  he, she, they, them, his, her, our, it, I, this, that, these, those.)  We played a few games with pronouns and you can check them out by viewing the post I made earlier in the day...here. 

WRITING:  We talked a little about story organization by listening to a picture book called Tops and Bottoms.  It was a clever story about how a hare outsmarted a bear, but I pointed out to them how well organized the plot was.  (The hare makes a deal with the bear and outsmarts him.  The bear demands a new deal...the hare outsmarts him.  The bear gets really angry and demands a new deal...and yet the hare still outsmarts him.)  It was fun trying to predict how the hare would win in the end.

MATH:  We worked on a math problem from page  93 in your math journal.  Essentially, this was it:

Mrs. Neal is setting up chairs for Parent Night. She wants them to be in rows with the same number of chairs in each row. Use the clues to find out how many chairs are in the room.

*When she tried to set up the chairs in rows of 2, there was 1 leftover chair.

*She also had 1 leftover chair when she tried to set them up in rows of 3.

*One of her students suggested that she try rows of 4. There was STILL 1 leftover chair.

*Finally, she tried rows of 5. This worked fine. There were no leftover chairs.

*The number of chairs in the room was the smallest possible number that fits all of these clues.

When you have found the answer, record it in your journal on page 93

Next, circle dots to show the chairs in rows of 2, 3, and 4, each with 1 chair left over. (Here is an example...I tried 11 chairs to see if it fit the clues.  It didn't work.)


We had time afterward to play a place value game.  Click below to try:


This afternoon, we answered questions about the Judy Blume books we are reading.  If I did not give you a copy yesterday, there will be one waiting for you when you return.

We had a Thanksgiving All School Convo this afternoon before we headed to the music room for fine arts. 

I hope you are enjoying your trip...and that you took a bunch of books to read!
Take care,
Mrs. Neal