Tali's Third Blog

 

Agenda

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Literature circles

Week 6: Quiz

Writer's workshop

Homework

Enjoy the long weekend!

Take a Minute

    As students slowly shuffled into the room on Friday, some began taking down their seats and writing the agenda down in their binders. As they did, Ms. Nakada walked around the room and gave each student a piece of chocolate for Valentine's Day. Next, she began the Take a Minute video, which described how we are not alone in our feelings and how others can be feeling the same way we are. Ms. Nakada told us to pay attention to the video, since a question about it would be on the test. 

Blog Corrections

    After the video finished playing, it was time for Greg to read his blog. The room quieted down as Greg began, and when he was finished reading, everybody clapped. Greg decided to do the wheel to decide who would write the blog next. He decided to also add Ms. Nakada twice to the wheel, which made other students ask to put Mr. Kamm on the wheel as well. After a short discussion, Mr Kamm's name was added to the wheel. To all of our surprise, the wheel did land on Mr. Kamm's name after being spun, and Ms. Nakada decided to let Sage take a trip to Mr. Kamm's classroom to tell him. While she was gone, Ms. Nakada spun the wheel a second time, which landed on my name. I walked up to the blogger's seat as everybody got into their literature circle groups to read and discuss.

Literature Circles

    After everybody was in their seats for literature circles, Ms. Nakada started the timer and the class quieted down and began to read. After ten minutes of reading, chatter returned to the classroom as students shared their questions, answers, and summaries. When everybody was finished, they returned to their seats and began this week's quiz. The class went silent as they began to complete their quizzes. After a few minutes, Ms Nakada's voice broke the silence and notified us that there were papers for our book projects in the front. 

End of Class

    When there were only three minutes of class, Ms Nakada chose seven people to get up and tap their classmate's thumbs. When the seven were done tapping thumbs, those who had their thumbs tapped tried to guess who had tapped their thumbs. Only two guessed correctly, and another round of the game began. The class's heads shot back up as soon as the bell rang, and those who had their thumbs tapped tried to guess who had their thumbs tapped quickly. None guessed correctly, and the rest of the class rose, put their belongings away, and walked out the door.