This morning we learned the duties of the Executive Branch. STUDENTS SHOULD LOOK ONLINE OR IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR ANY ARTICLES DEPICTING THE PRESIDENT AND HIS DUTIES.
We reviewed our SAT words with a coin flipping game. REVIEW THE WORDS ON THE TERM THREE SAT VOCABULARY POST, MADE YESTERDAY.
Grammar was more editing practice.
Students worked on spelling words. A test is due by Friday (they are done at school). The activity is a mixed paragraph using spelling words and newspaper words. Can you tell we are trying to get a lot of exposure to newspapers? IF YOU HAVE AN ALREADY READ NEWSPAPER THAT IS A DAY OR TWO OLD, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE IT!
We read more of Danny, the Champion of the World.
Math today was lonnnnnnnggggg! We learned more compound measurements and worked hard on story problems. I will tone it down a bit over the next few days, but we will continue to multiply, divide, add and subtract compound measurements. HOMEWORK IS COMPLETING THE MEASUREMENT PACKET WORD PROBLEMS (6-9) AND THE TAKE-HOME TEST 11-1-A.
After a lot of specialists, we acted out life in a city during the Middle Ages and learned about guilds. Of particular interest was that around 1000 A.D. men started to eat less meat and women ate more healthily. A direct result of women living longer was that they bore more children, causing a population "boom" in Europe. Interesting.
HOMEWORK IS READING FOR 30-40 MINUTES, A BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE. THERE WILL BE A BOOK REPORT DUE AT THE END OF APRIL!
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