Dry Day

Well, it was not raining today so the children had recess and lunch. They were happy; their teacher was happy. Who could ask for more?

We did cartoons this morning, as you can see above. This was designed to give them an opportunity to work on storytelling and visual arts skills in a medium they really enjoy. There was a nice quiet atmosphere as they students worked on these little gems. All of them had to tell a story that was somehow related to medicine, our Open Court Reading theme.

After recess we corrected homework. We also took our class photo for the yearbook at this time. After lunch we read and discussed a chapter in the Science book on the "Mass Movement" of landforms. We went out to PE (since it may have been our only chance for the week) and when we came back we correct our math test. I also discussed the idea of functions with the class and showed them how they regularly solve problems like 3x = y in real life. This helped them understand the math homework for tonight.

Home Studies: (1) Do the three pages of the Open Court Reading packet. There really is not that much to do here. It sounds much, much harder than students will find it. (2) Do the Science questions on page B 11. Be sure to copy the questions. (3) Do the Multiplying Money and Adding Fractions worksheets. (4) Do "Change Linear Units," Math, pages 410-411.