Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Tale Tales and Real Feats

A nicely productive day. We began with Independent Reading, and then went on to check, correct, and discuss our homework. I read the tall tale "Josh McBroom and the Big Wind" to the students from the OCR anthology, and they followed along and used their post-it notes to practice predicting, connecting, questioning, and visualizing.

After recess we watched the final installment of The Transcontinental Railroad documentary, and we read a selection called "The Ten-Mile Day" which provided more information about that day in April, 1869 when the Chinese workers for the Central Pacific Railroad laid down 10 miles of track in one day, a feat which still has not been duplicated. After lunch we checked our math tests, and I gave the students time to start on homework. The work below seems longer than it really is. There is not all that much to do on a couple of the pages -- other than read and learn, of course!

Homework: (1) Do the study questions on "Big Wind." (2) Do the "Tall Tales" and "Author's Purpose" worksheets. (3) Do the "Railroad," "Time Zones," and "Oranges" worksheets. (4) Do the chapter reviews on pages 448-449. (5) Do the Algebra sheet.

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