Writer's Workshop

 Writer's Workshop is a time when students are writing about their lives.  Each workshop time begins with a mini-lesson and then the students go off to write.  This week we are learning what revision means.   Too often we think it means to write it again - we learned that it actually means to make your writing better by adding more details.  Here the students are conferencing with each other to determine if more details are needed.  Rule number one in revision:  Read your writing out loud. 

Name Graphing

Today we used math in a real world context.  How much is your name worth?  Students were provided with a code to use with the alphabet.  Next, they built cube towers for each letter of their names.  Before we began we made predictions as to whose name would be worth the most and the least and why we thought that.  After completing the towers, students went on a 'museum walk' around the classroom checking and counting each name.  We were surprised by our results!

Marshmallow Experiment??

I don't know if you have heard, but we have been exploring our five senses using marshmallows!  Today I brought out the super jumbo sized ones to explore even further.  After awhile some students realized that marshmallows can become very sticky!