Wow - what a Sunday! Eagles roll into 1st in the NFC East, the Redskins beat someone, and the Cowboys lost yet again in December! Does it get any better?

Math: I took a bit of time to review their unit assessments this morning. However, the data is still being entered into the computer so the parent reports should come home shortly.

Unit three is officially underway! If the last 4-5 weeks were eye opening, just wait for fractions/decimals/percents...this one is a doozy. Today we worked on determining equivalent fractions using multiplication and simplifying fractions be identifying the greatest common factor (GCF) and dividing until the only common factor between the numerator and the denominator is 1. Whew - that's a long sentence...

Language Arts: We compared the story of Cinderella to Caporushes. Specifically, we looked for symbolism found in each that the authors used to have a similar influence on the plot. Sounds complicated - and it is - but it's the essence of comparing and contrasting tales from different cultures.

Hungry Spider... - We read and located parts of the text that lent themselves to visualizing what the character "looked" like in our minds. Essentially, all good readers take the words on the page and create a movie in their minds...what do you see?

Funny Little Woman - We are exploring how authors sequence events in a story.

Ooka and the Honest Thief - We began taking directed notes by analyzing when Ooka was beign fair and unfair. Understandably, this becomes a springboard into how we interpret the text.