Today we did a bit of this and a bit of that. We spent time reviewing the “Sifuentes” story and the vocabulary from the story. We’ll have a quiz on that tomorrow. We also worked on conjunctions and compound sentences – a key objective for this OCR unit. We started out by watching the famous “Conjunction Junction” episode from Schoolhouse Rock.
I modeled the difference between compound subjects, compound predicates, and compound sentences. Students wrote some original sentences based on each of these models.
After recess, we read the chapter from Island of the Blue Dolphins where Karana attacks and then befriends the leader of the dog pack that killed her brother. It’s such a great section with so much subtlety as she oscillates between revenge and compassion. We also finished writing the rough drafts of the trip to the mission composition.
After lunch, we practiced songs from Charlie Brown and we read about food chains, food webs, and food pyramids. The students readily mastered the differences between producers, first-level consumers, and second-level consumers. They then made some food webs of their own.
Homework: (1) Write one spelling sentence for each spelling word. (2) Do the “Multiplication Practice” and “Five Numbers” math worksheets.
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