A bit of historical trivia here. Until 1752, in England and the United States, the new year began on March 25th. In 1752 England officially switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendars and with it changed the start of the year. This makes dealing with early American documents confusing. For example, the day after March 24, 1701 was March 25, 1702. Aren’t you happy we simplified that? But, in a nod to those days of yore, I’ll wish everybody a happy new year.
No fireworks or funny hats, but we had a great day, as usual, in room 19. After our Independent Reading, we checked and corrected our language arts homework. We watched the second part of the documentary on the transcontinental railroad. We went to Tech Center where the students were really engaged with the Mavis Beacon Typing program. After lunch we watched a video of the second cast doing Gold Dust. We went out to PE and played an energetic game of kickball. We corrected our math homework, briefly talked about grams and kilograms, and then I gave them some time to start on today’s assignments. Since the last couple days have been a bit heavy on homework, tonight is light.
Homework: (1) Do the multiplication practice sheet. (2) Do “Mass,” Math, pages 430-431.
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