It was another great day in room 19.
We began this morning with some review of elements of main idea and detail and long vowel spelling patterns. I had the students put together their math work for unit two and we collected it for binding and grading. We then checked, corrected, and discussed our homework. They’re doing a fantastic job about finishing these assignments!
After recess, we watched a really hokey (but informative) Science video about pollination. We started to read a lengthy selection from the FOSS Science about about traveling through the Amazon rain forest. And we did a few more of our “Marco Polo” routines before going to lunch.
After lunch, we first read Island of the Blue Dolphins – just a short chapter today. Then we had Art.
In Art, we worked on still life. I prepared some cuttings from our class garden.
The students attempted some blind contour drawings of this to sharpen their powers of observation. They then did the actual still life, first drawing in pencil, then coloring the lines with a Sharpie, and finally adding watercolor. The results were really, really nice as you can see.
As I cleaned up, I gave the students a chance to start on homework.
Homework: (1) Study the spelling words. The wordsearch is recommended but is completely optional. (2) Do the “Jemison Vocabulary” crossword. The backside of this is optional – I had trouble figuring out a couple of the answers. (3) Do “Multiplication,” Envision Math, pages 62-63 and the Make Your Garden Grow challenge page on the back. (4) Do the History review pages. This is direct preparation for the test – I took some of the questions almost word for word from the Chapter One Test so they should do quite well on it tomorrow.
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