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Practicing multiplying can get repetitive. Whiteboards make it a little more fun!

One morning we tried to line up chronologically by birthday – without talking! We did it in groups of about 8 and it was quite a challenge. But most groups got it or got very close.

After the reading SOL test we had some fun watching a tutorial about watercolor paintings some super cute birds. They turned out so well!

Thank you to everyone who wrote letters for these fabulous students! Our music and P.E. teachers helped us out with some too. They really loved these and it meant so much.

Near the end of the day, we had another guest reader, our principal! And it was her birthday! She read I Wanna Iguana which was such a perfect choice because the child is the book is writing notes to his mom to persuade her to allow him to keep his friend’s iguana for a bit. As we’ve been working on persuasive writing, the students had lots of thoughts!

To review functional format texts (directions, recipes, how tos, fliers, and such) we read the directions to make a fun and cute bookmark.

To review biographies, we read a short one about Lisa Lewis, a basketball player, and did a Kahoot.

Throughout the day, students shared the poems they were carrying in their pockets (or shoes or socks or waistbands or wherever they made work if they didn’t have pockets).

Another piece of our day before the reading SOL test was choosing a poem to keep in our pockets. Poem in Your Pocket Day was back in April, but we opted to do it in May! We read a lot of poems as we looked for just the right one to keep in our own pocket.