What a wonderful evening! Our students gave a marvelous musical performance last night under the capable direction of Mr. Lawton. I have to admit that right up to the last minute I was not sure it was all going to come off, but it was great! We had a great response from parents, and the parents of students in the third grade who were coming here to check things out for next year were mighty impressed, too.
Today we had an opportunity to look at some of the other classrooms in the school. We certainly have capable students and teachers here at Third Street, and it was hard to find a classroom that wasn't a knockout. Still, you know which one had to be my favorite.... We also spent the morning planning and writing the first draft of a survival/adventure story. We discussed how authors often begin stories "in medias res" - Latin for "in the middle of things" - and include the exposition material in flashback. That was the technique used by the author of "Nachito's Teachings," the last story we read in the Open Court anthology. Students then did a flow map of their story and started on the rough drafts.
After recess we went to Tech Center where the students worked on some pages which may or may not be included in the yearbook. After lunch, we Mr. Lawton led the students through our pieces from the performance last night which I filmed them. I will be editing this and uploading it in a couple days to YouTube and linking it to the blog. We went out to PE, and then Mr Lawton discussed symmetry and other geometry concepts with the class.
Home Studies: (1) Do the flow map and the first rough draft for the adventure story. The rough draft should be at least three pages long, skipping lines, writing only only the front side of the paper. Again, students started this during class. (2) Do Chapter Review, Science, pages B86-87. (3) Do the Division practice sheet. (4) Do "Symmetrical Figures," Math, pages 488-489, problems 1-16 only.
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