Saturday School!  
We started our day helping the 1st graders build a community out of paper houses.

We did Math lesson #99.  We took drawings partitioned into different fractions (a rectangle with a blue section 1/2, a red section 1/4, a yellow and an orange section each 1/8).  We looked for the smallest section and how we could cut up the whole rectangle into those sections. (beginning of common denominators).  1/2 = 4/8, 1/4=2/8

We worked on our Westward expansion projects (even had one group present) and our fantasy writing.

We finished the day by reading Chains.

We got a GREAT report from the sub!
Saturday School runs from 9:15 (normal start time) to 12:45pm.  NO FOOD IS SERVED!  Bring a BIG snack.

In Math we continued talking about fractions as a "fair share".  We reviewed changing fractions from mixed numbers to improper (and vice versa)...a  4th grade goal.
In ELA we are continuing our focus on Theme.  The kids took a quick assessment that I was supposed to give last Friday.
In Social studies the kids worked in "family groups" to buy supplies for the Oregon Trail trip.  Great arguments happened!

Whew..short and fast day!
In Math we started lesson 96; which is about dividing up food among 10 people....15 hot dogs, two chip bags, etc..
We then had specials and lunch.
Last, we had our ELA rotations.

The students did very well on the number sequences and graphing test.  Today we started fractions.
In ELA we have now started "The Case of the Runaway Appetite" with all groups.
In Social Studies we talked about Westward expansion.  We watched the brain pop video on Westward expansion and played the OLD Oregon Trail game.  You can play that and lots of other MS DOS games on archive.com.

I love being at school....
In Math we took our number patters/graphing test today.
In ELA we continued working with fantasy, focusing on Themes!
In Social Studies the kids voted for an open notes test today (most did not finish and will finish tomorrow).

In the Wednesday folders....I-denta-kid was TODAY.  If you would still like to do this, that is fine.  I will just send the kids with the track 3 and 4 students (whenever their date is).

I did NOT get called for Jury Duty.  They called numbers 1-85, and I was number 212.
In Math today we reviewed creating sequences and graphing them.  We added 3rd quarter math to our binders!
In ELA we started reading 'Case of the Runaway Appetite' and continued working on our Fantasy writing.
In Social studies we started our talk on Westward Expansion.  We compared maps from the Revolutionary war to present day, and "wondered" how did we get all that land from Spain and France?

MATH TEST - tomorrow
SOCIAL STUDIES TEST - planned for tomorrow, but we will play it by ear....maybe Thursday.