Math: A visit to the computer lab today to practice measurement and area concepts. Tonight for homework they are to complete two more conversion problems using one of the two methods posted yesterday on the blog (and of course, instructed in class).

Language Arts: We did quite a bit of summary work after I reviewed the ones from last night's homework. In a nutshell, we discussed how a paragraph is very different than a collection of independent sentences - those that don't work well with the other sentences... Furthermore, a strategy I encourage them to begin using is to quietly read their work to themselves. By doing this, they bring in an additional sense to help them determine if in fact it looks right AND sounds right...