First of all, a big, big thank you to everybody for a very successful Open House. Thanks to the children who patiently tolerated me for the last few days as I furiously tried to get everything ready! Thanks to all the parents who came by and supported their children! You are wonderful! And particularly big thanks to Helen Kang, who helped get the room ready on Saturday, and to Akiko Morrison who provided refreshments last night.
Today we had our annual school stroll. We wandered through most of the classrooms from kindergarten to fifth grade. This is not one of those activities which is likely to provide any appreciable improvement in test scores, but it sure is fun. And the students deserve a little of that.
We read a selection from Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl as part of our Open Court reading today. It is not the most interesting excerpt from that book, but it does tie in closely to the theme of “Surviving.” We took time to discuss World War II and the Shoah. I was surprised – and quite pleased – to discover how much of 20th century history our students know. I think they’d win hands-down on Do You Know More than a Fifth Grader? over your average American adult.
We had Tech Center today as we usually do on Wednesday. Ms. Richards had them working with the Flip cameras today. They were working on short, short films about Earth Day which they will later incorporate in their PowerPoint presentations.
After lunch we read a chapter of By the Great Horn Spoon! We checked and discuss yesterday’s math. We went out to PE. We took a math test. And we started on homework. All in all, a very pleasant and productive day.
Homework: (1) Do “Anne Frank” study questions. (2) Do “Dictionary Skills” worksheet. (3) Do Great Horn Spoon! summary sheet. (4) Do the Multiplication Practice worksheet. (5) Do “Estimate Perimeter,” Math, pages 498-499.
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