Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Rainy Days and Wednesdays

Despite the rain, we had a pleasant and productive day. After our Independent Reading period, we corrected and discussed our homework. We finished reading the "Gold Rush" chapter in the history group, discussing the pros and cons of each of the three major routes to California. After our inside recess, during which most students quite sensibly got a head start on their homework, we went to the Tech Center. Here the students typed up a story they wrote yesterday on their think.com page and began to create an appropriate picture in Kid Pix to illustrate it. They will be finishing this in the classroom or at home.

During lunch we watched The Wild to console ourselves for dealing with the rainy weather. Once the movie was over, students worked on a math test, an open book history test, and some even had some time to get a good bit of the homework started.

Home Studies: (1) Complete the Gold Rush packet. (2) Do the division worksheet including the check step. (3) Do "Fractional Parts," Math, pages 406-409.

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