Language Arts~
Our myth focus today was the story of Phaethon and the Chariot of the Sun. Phaethon wants to drive his father's chariot across the sky. He finds out that he can't control the horses and causes disasters. First we watched a short video of the story. We also read a version of the story together using the overhead and finally the students worked on a packet about the story. We compared the different versions of the myth and wrote compare/contrast paragraphs.
Don't forget the trading card project is due on Friday. The front of the card needs to have a picture of the mythological being, a background/border, and the name written in color. The back of the card needs 3 facts about the being and the student's first and last name. There needs to be 6 cards in all.
HW: The Horses of the Sun Worksheet and Compare/contrast writing if it isn't done. Keep working on trading cards.
Math~
We continued today with our imaginary trip to Cairo, Egypt. Today we worked with flying distances and story problems. Before doing a story problem we need to make sure that we understand the problem and have a plan for solving the problem. Next we need to solve the problem and then make sure that our problem was solved correctly. We also worked on a division fact worksheet.
HW: Study link 3.8 and the division fact worksheet (if it isn't already done)
Science~
We reviewed the study guide and went over the questions from last week's reading. We then learned about food chains and food webs. A food chain in one path energy takes through a community. A food web is all the food chains in a community. We answered the before you move on questions on page 101.
HW: None. Please spend a few minutes reviewing the completed parts of the study guide.
