Wednesday in Mrs. Bognetti's Class

This morning we took a "real" practice writing test. The children had to write about their favorite thing about television. They had 40 minutes to make a 4-square and write the sentences into a paragraph. Some of the children were done, however, in 10 minutes! I reminded them that for tomorrow they need to SLOW DOWN and TAKE THEIR TIME! Others, worked hard for the entire 40 minutes. Tomorrow we will take the district writing exam after we review the paragraphs from today. After that, we completed three centers. Then, we reviewed animal groups in science and did an explore activity. We wanted to see if it mattered where eyes were placed on the head (in front vs. the side). We decided that certain animals need to have eyes on the sides of their head in order not to be eaten by predators! We read a new lesson and watched a short video clip about food chains. The students have one page of science homework. This afternoon, we learned how to estimate in math. We compared bags of different items (paper clips, linker cubes, etc.) and guessed how many items were in each bag. Then, we used our knowledge of smaller bags to estimate how much were in bigger bags. We could count by tens to find our answers. We completed our workbook page together and our homework sheet in class. I collected it. At the end of the day, the children went to the library. Don't forget to send the books back with your child every Wednesday!