Calm Seas

After all the sturm und drang of Friday, today seemed peaceful. It was a pretty productive day, all in all.

First, let me show some of the cool things that students did Thursday and Friday. As regular readers know, Thursday is customarily our art day. We went outside on Thursday and did some sketching out by the library and Dermoudy Court. Students then returned to the classroom where they adapted their sketches and put them on a larger sheet of art paper. Friday, the students used watercolor or oil pastel to add some color here. The results were, as I think you can observe, fine to very impressive indeed!

Today we started a new story, “Koko’s Kitten” in Open Court. Like other Mondays now, we went out and did Yoga with Gina.

We also started our look at probability. Students made simple spinners and calculated the results of 20 spins. We discussed the ideas of outcomes being certain, possible, or impossible. We talked about more likely or less likely.

We also took the chapter 28 math test. We would normally have done this last Wednesday or Thursday, but I figured that their brains were fried with enough testing by that point!

Students ended the day playing kickball with room 17. I had to leave a little early to go downtown.

Homework:  Lots of little stuff today. It seems like way more than it is. (1) Do the summary sheet for chapter 16 of By the Great Horn Spoon!  We read this together in class last week. (2) Do the “Primary Sources” and “Point of View” worksheets for History. (3) Do the “Study Guide” questions over the “Nonverbal Communication” selection. (4) Do the “Final –le” worksheet. (5) Do the front page only of the “Complete Complex Sentences” sheet. I discovered too late my scanning mistake here. (6) Do “Tumble, Jumble” worksheet. (7) Do “Outcomes,” Math, page 557. (8) Do “Tree Diagrams,” Math, pages 558-559.