Thursday

Mrs. Jahnke and Mrs. Monroe were lifesavers today.  I have a bad case of laryngitis.  The kids did a great job as we changed things up a bit.  The were generally very quiet and attentive!  Can I pretend I always have laryngitis?

Bible: Review of Bible lesson.  Daniel and Belshazzar.  

Reading:  Read "A Case of  the  Mystery Monster" in Superkids.  

Math:  Lesson 129.   New-Subtraction,  one half of doubles.  14-7=7,  10-5=5

English:  Review of contractions.

Writing:  We read two pieces on the Smartboard and talked about the  characters, setting,  problem  and solution in Bryce and Lilly's stories from last week.   They were fantastic models.  We also did a little editing, making a few changes to make it even better.   I heard, "Bryce, you wrote that?" :) Yes!
These stories were sent home in the writing assessment last week.

Social Studies: We listened to (and watched) the book Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters.    It is a version of Cinderella with an African twist.  Another favorite book of mine. :)  Ask  to see the Venn  Diagram we wrote to compare these two stories.