I taught a live Reading & Writing lesson using Zoom today... it felt so good to teach a mini lesson to my kiddos again! Teaching digitally is harder than it looks, though! If anyone else is doing this and has tips/advice for good live lessons, let me know! Thanks!! #zoom#4th
S’s held a debate between the Loyalists and Patriots at the Second Continental Congress today! I was so impressed with how well they formed and presented their compelling arguments to represent their perspective! @bakerelembears@LucyCalkins#readers
These Loyalists & Patriots have been preparing for our Second Continental Congress debate on Friday. S’s held mock trials to rehearse stating their position w/ reasons & evidence w/ an opponent in the classroom. @bakerelembears@LucyCalkins#journeytoawe#multipleperspectives
Students are observing the sky and clouds to develop driving questions about how we can better understand the weather! #scientists@bakerelembears#journeytoawe
Students went panning for gold and used their nonfiction reading skills to determine which were truths and which were lies about the California Gold Rush! #socialstudies@bakerelembears#journeytoawe
Students brought their ideas for writing a historical fiction story to life by acting out their scenes on Friday. They really got into character. @bakerelembears@LucyCalkins
Research teams exploring nonfiction texts to identify text structure to help identify what’s most important when note-taking! @LucyCalkins@bakerelembears
Last week, we explored multi-digit multiplication using Base Ten blocks! I love how this deepened their conceptual understanding of place value relating to multiplication. @bakerelembears