Today students put their detective skills to the test and made some qualitative observations, quantitative observations and inferences about a series of checks pulled in groups from an envelope. From the observations they gathered they made inferences on what could have possibly happened to this family. As more checks are pulled, the more interesting the plot becomes and the more the inferences change.
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Today in class we finished the Observation and Inference Activity and recorded the results in Page 8 of our notebooks. Then for homework due on 9/23/16 students will do a Observation and Inference Card Sort.
Today we took notes on Observation and Inference observation_and_inference.pptx in our graphic organizer that was posted on 9/20/16. Then we did an activity where students had to look at pictures and make 4 observations, 4 inferences, 3 questions about the picture and share 2 pieces of prior knowledge that they may have. Then after the group was done with their pictures, they had to go around to other groups and with stick notes add to the observations, inferences, questions or prior knowledge or correct any information that other groups may have put in the wrong place. Such as an observation that was under the inference section. Once this is done, students are allowed to make revisions on their boards and record the information in Page 8 of their interactive notebook.
Today in class we took a small Claim, Evidence Reasoning quiz. Result should be back by Thursday! Then students cut out an Observation/Inference interactive foldable.observationinferenceinteractive.pdf Tomorrow notes will be taken on this foldable and be added to page 7 of the students interactive notebook.
It was a pleasure meeting parents last night! Thank you for being good sports and really sampling what your students will be experiencing while in my classroom. The activity we did last night was so much fun! openhouseactivity.pdfHere are a few pictures of parents in action:)
Today we practiced Claim Evidence and Reasoning again. We used the Case of Mr. Xavier's Murder Mystery to help us practice. We then used the white boards to explain the claim, evidence and reasoning.
Today we went over Claim, Evidence, Reasoning again as a class. Together we did a highlighting activity that allowed students to pick out Claim, Evidence, Reasoning using 3 different colored highlighters, this gave students more practice with Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning. After this activity students were assigned homework that it due Monday 9/19. This is the practice activity-guided_highlight.pdf
This is the homework due Monday cerworksheet.pdf Today on page 4 of our notebooks we took notes on Claim, Evidence and Reasoning. We also started an activity called Slip or Trip? putting what we know about Claim, Evidence and Reasoning to the test. We will continue this activity tomorrow.
Today I had students staple in page 3 why we use the interactive notebook interactivewhy.docx and notebookrules.docx which has expectations on what students will use their notebook for and how to take care of it.
All students took a pretest today on the content that they will be exposed to this semester. This pretest is not for a grade but will be used for student growth purposes. We will also use the information that we have gathered to shape our lessons and make sure we spend less time on what the students already know and more time on what the students do not know.
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