Kids Do the Darndest Things!

This afternoon, while we completed a shared reading (an autobiography), I was reviewing the literary device alliteration with the class as well as attempting to illustrate what the word maniacally means.  The sentence from our text reads as follows:  "The crazed chemist clutched the bubbling beaker and muttered maniacally."  I asked for volunteers to dramatize this and the product that I got was very interesting.  Ask your child about the performances by Caroline, Nathan, and Hailey.  Who needs to pay for entertainment when we have a room full of grade sixes?

 In math today, we extended our understanding of Tiling Patterns, or Tessellations.  We used pattern blocks to create them, then used transformations to describe the positions of each figure.  The students have one practice question to complete for homework, if they did not finish it in class today. Can you tell from the samples below what we will work on in math tomorrow?
                                 

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Today's classroom Lenten Promise is:  Respect the teacher that is teaching.  (ask your child why this one was chosen for a Wednesday)