I realized that I had missed a very important step when the students did their animal adaptation research – citing their sources. Today, I showed them how to find the citation information on the World Book Encyclopedia articles they used for their superhero projects. They will be doing more research this year, so this is a skill they need.
Then they worked on creating superhero trading cards on their iPads to accompany the cartoons they made about animal adaptations.
We also passed out and discussed their GT report cards, which should be brought home today. Parents, please discuss the folder contents and the report card with your child, cut off the signature edge from the report cards, and return with the folders and signed sheet as soon as possible. Any papers in the pockets do not need to be returned.
The students did problem-solving centers today. They seemed to enjoy the Superhero Math (some of them chose division sheets this time!) and the Tangrams so much last week that I kept those stations in. They also worked on Math Analogies and some mixed math skills.