Great Moments

Another great day. This year is positively going to spoil me for the rest of my teaching career.

We started out today with a number of review activities. We reviewed the use of the apostrophe in contractions and possessive forms. We reviewed the spelling and vocabulary from this week's story. We also went over the study questions carefully as a way to review the story itself. We then went a little creative. Students made some fantastic flow maps illustrating "Great Moments in Medicine" using what they had learned from the stories. We'll have some of these on a bulletin board soon. Remember, you're always welcome to drop by room 19.

We read the penultimate (remember, it's one of my favorite words) chapter of Island of the Blue Dolphins. We discussed and corrected history and math homework. We did another read-though of Gold Dust or Bust. By the way, I just talked to Dr. Oh and we have scheduled the performance for Friday, March 20th. More details coming on later....

We spend the rest of the afternoon talking about the color wheel, about complementary colors, and about shades and tints of colors. The students had fun playing around with mixing tempera paints, and then seriously turned their attention to creating works of art. You can see some of the finest examples above. I think these are really excellent. I only wish it weren't so messy. Oh, well.

Homework: (1) Do spelling sentences. Use the crossword puzzle for word lists and definitions, if needed. (2) Do "Using Reading Strategies". (3) Do "Dividing Greater Numbers," Math, page 269. (4) Also do "Interpreting the Remainder," Math, page 271.