Rainy Day

My optometrist told me at the gym the other day that he fondly recalled rainy days when he was in school. “Ah,” he said, “the room used to smell like tuna fish sandwiches.” I wish I could say I shared his enthusiasm. After a few hours in the classroom as it drizzles outside I start to think more about Prozac than tuna.

All that being said, it was still a pretty productive day. We had a particularly focused morning as we did Independent Reading, took our spelling test, and read and discussed the story “Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later).” The point of this story, based on the actual life story of an African-American author’s great aunt, is that object can focus memories, and that simple objects can tell stories too. We had a particularly good discussion of souvenirs and things we have that remind us of places and events.

After recess we correct and discussed homework. We also read a bit of The Wind in the Willows together until we were called for lunch. After lunch it cleared up a bit and we actually got out for a couple laps around the playground and some playtime. They needed it. So did I.

We took the rest of the afternoon to try to avoid taking home homework. We did a Tree Map of the Aunt Flossie’s Hats story. We worked on the Connect Concepts section of page C36 of the Science book. We also did pages 545 in the Math book (on Problem Solving) and the two Review pages, 546 and 547.

Homework:  Just finish any of the work above that was not finished during our afternoon Independent Work Time.