"These are the times that try men's souls." Thomas Paine was not talking about Valentine's Day, but we teachers can be forgiven if we think he might have been. Only Halloween and the day before Winter Break seem to have the children so frenzied.
Remembering this, I decided that we would do calm things as much as possible today. So we spent the morning working on Independent Reading and then doing a packet of comprehension materials related to the "Shadow of a Bull" story. After recess we corrected homework and the students who brought enough candy for the class passed it out so they could consume it for an unhealthy lunch. After lunch we correct our math test, and I have already sent out the results of that in an email to parents. We met again in read-around groups, this time for editing. Students then had another quiet work time to start on final drafts and other works.
Students ended the day on the yard as part of the Dance-a-thon sponsored by Friends of Third. You can see some pictures of that above.
Home Studies: (1) Finish the final draft of the Johnson/Picotte essay in cursive. (2) Do the Subtraction and Equivalent Fractions worksheet. Show regrouping! (3) Do "Choose the Appropriate Graph," Math, pages 106-109.
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