Questioning

This morning we started a new rotation of Daily 5 activities all around editing and revising. The different stations we will be working through include:
a) punctuation games - we work with a partner to correctly include ending punctuation and capitalization in either a dice game or a game similar to go fish
b) Capitalization - we have to answer questions and fix a paragraph to reflect proper capitalization. When we are finished we will make a flip book with examples of when you need to capitalize something
c) Spelling corrections - we were given a list of words from our spelling group that are all spelled incorrectly. We need to use our dictionary to fix the spelling and then edit some journal entries for spelling
d) Grammar corrections - Ms. Binks wrote out 3 different paragraphs that all need corrections based on spelling, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure or correct grammar. We have to copy out the paragraphs correctly in our books
e) Adjectives - we have been given sentences that include boring adjectives. We need to identify the adjectives and then write down juicy words we can use to replace the adjectives to make the writing  more interesting.

We will work through each station this week.

We continued to work on long division today. This would be a great skill to practice at home. Ms. Binks has some practice sheets she can send home if you would like. Please let her know with a note or email if you would like the practice sheets.

This afternoon we revisited the image collection of "Where Children Sleep"
We talked about the Bloom's Taxonomy of questions that has different types of questions ranked based on how much they get you thinking. Ms. Binks created a scale from 1-4 using specific questioning words. Level 1 being the simplest and level 4 being the most complex. We looked at images from the website and created questions that would fit in each level. Here are the 2 images we looked at:

Some questions from each level included:
Level 1:
- Where does he sleep?
- Find the shoes in the picture
- What is used as a pillow?

Level 2:
- Compare these bedrooms to your own
- Organize the bedroom in another way
- Identify 3 things that are different in the pictures then where you sleep

Level 3:
- Justify how it is a safe place to sleep
- How would you recommend to change the bedroom?
- In your opinion who has the better place to sleep?

Level 4:
- How would you adapt to these places if they were your bedrooms?
- Create a new place to sleep for each child
- Predict what daily life is like for each child

We will continue to work on our questioning skills this week.

Reminders:
- Math night is Thursday. You can sign up for one of two slots on the school website through your myCBE account
- Fun lunch orders are due Wednesday
- We have library tomorrow. Please bring back your library books