This will be quick - we had a death in the family so I won't be in school tomorrow...

Math: Please review the formative assessment with your child tonight. As you will see, the concepts are presented in a variety of ways so the application of their new skills indicates their actual understanding of measurement, area, and perimeter...Cumulative quiz tomorrow!

Language Arts: Each group began a new book today.

Clues in the Past - We viewed a short video clip on the Great Wall and Machu Picchu to activate their thinking prior to reading it. In addition, they used dictionaries to define a list of words in their RRJs.

Stone Dragon - We viewed a short video clip about the Great Wall because their story is all about how the Great Wall was built and why it was necessary. We also read the story aloud while discussing why they constructed a series of shorter walls before the Great Wall was created.

Venomous Snakes - No video clip today but they had a list of vocabulary words to define using dictionaries. Most got this task finished but some decided that using a dictionary wasn't necessary for all the words...those students have homework tonight.

All groups are to reread their books tonight.

That's all for now - I gotta get back to the family!