We started the day off in the Library with Mr. Brutto. When we returned to class we graphed the temperature and then completed our Spelling Test for Lesson 22. Afterwards we did some writing explaining how to draw an analog clock showing a specific time. This is a review of the explanatory writing we did several weeks ago.
After recess, we had some unfinished work from last week that needed to be completed and corrections that had to be made in several strands of Math.
After lunch we read the story, "Baseball Saved Us", by Ken Mochizuki. Since we are writing stories focussing on story elements it is good to read stories and break them down into these elements. Also, in reading activities we are focusing on big ideas and connections. This story has a very important big idea. It is telling us not to judge someone based on his/her race. This story was set in the USA in 1942 when the Japanese were sent to internment camps. The story looks at a young Japanese boy before, during and after being at the camp and how baseball helped the children see past racial boundaries.
We then completed our Literacy activites. One group read a story "Ruby's Storm" and looked at story elements and connections, on group worked on contractions, on group began their spelling lesson and the final group completed their penmanship.
Last period we read a non-fiction book call "Forces Make Things Move". We reviewed some ideas we already know like friction and gravitiy and today we talked about balanced and unbalanced forces and how they make things move or stop. In the middle of the lesson we had a lockdown practice. So the worksheet we were going to complete in class was sent home.
HOMEWORK: Science Forces/Gravity worksheet
Read.
