A huge thank you to Mrs. Wallack today! She came in today and taught the kids how to start off their persuasive essays as well as how to conclude them. She even stuck around to answer the kids' questions as they worked on them.
In my Hatchet group today, we took a page from The Dangerous Book for Boys and learned to make some sweet bombers. Don't worry, next time it's back to business for these readers. I did assign them to read chapter 13 as well for next time, and to hold on to the passage that they thought was most descriptive from before.
In Math, we graded the homework from last night and then I had them do an unusual journal assignment in which they wrote out a simple problem they've had recently, as well as the answer to how they solved it. I talked to them about how we solve problems in Math and outside of Math. I showed them a very interesting video I posted here last summer (July 4th, to be exact--go look at it now!) about how students can easily become crippled by having too much information just handed to them in the world of Math. It's incredibly interesting, and it actually led to some decent discussion. They have shown a pretty strong sense of fractions and decimals recently, so that gives me a lot of hope.
Hope all is well. We've had a lot of injuries and illness lately, so everybody try to stay healthy!
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