I hope everyone had a refreshing spring break. It was great to see everyone this morning! The rest of the year is going to fly by!
Language Arts~
Today we had our morning specials. We then started our novel study. We are reading The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare. It is historical fiction about a boy who has to live on his own in the Maine wilderness. Today we passed out novel study papers and books and then started reading chapters 1 & 2.
HW: The good news is that there will not be regular weekly homework. Students will still have things they need to finish. Today students will need to share a job list with their parents and talk about what it would take to live on their own. Students will also need to add new entries to their figurative language charts.
Math~
We pretested the skills we will be covering in units 11 and 12 today. The pretest will not be entered into the grade book. It will however help me plan appropriate instruction.
HW: None
Science (Woods)~
ISTEP will be here quickly. We spent the day reviewing concepts about energy. Specifically, heat energy. Students will need to finish the worksheet for homework if they did not get that done in class.
