"Hey! You! What?"

Sorry this post did not get published until Monday. I am in such a hurry to leave on Fridays - I have my piano lesson at 3:00 pm - that I sometimes forget I have only drafted but not published the post.

We started today with the spelling test. We went to the library where Mrs. Koneff taught the students more about how the books are organized and read them "Taily-Po," a famous African-American scary story. Returning to the classroom we took some reading quizzes, did our independent reading, and worked on our journals. After recess, we corrected our homework, practiced our Indian acorn-grinding songs, and read and discussed a chapter in the History book about Central Valley and foothill natives.

After lunch, we had a makeup lesson with Mr. Lawton. We usually have music instruction with him on Thursdays, but we missed yesterday because of the Yom Kippur holiday. He did some great stuff with the students today. Building on some work by Keith Terry, a famous Oakland performance artist, students learned a cool "Hey! You! What?" sequence using body percussion an alternative 5/3 and 3/5 patterns.

At PE, we started work on basketball skills. Returning to the classroom, we read a chapter of Island of the Blue Dolphins and got a chance to start on homework.

Homework: (1) Do the chapter reviews in Math, pages 96-97. (2) Do the handout pages for the History packet.