This morning we read the story about Mae Jemison aloud. Then we watched a short video on her life. Students took a spelling test today. They were given a paper yesterday to practice their words, but only a few got it done. I stapled it to their spelling test so they could remember to get it done before the final test on Friday. We are writing a new paper on "Fences." It is a five paragraph essay to help them prepare for their direct writing assessment. I will correct the essays again and again until the students get it right. It is a bit frustrating, but they will learn by doing it correctly, and learning that trying to squeak by means we have to write the paper again.
In math we got to do the math algorithm today. The students seemed happy to do it the old-fashioned way. I think though, that as they learn different and new ways to add and subtract that they will better understand what we are doing. Students might bring extra papers home today, if they didn't get papers done, I have asked that they be finished and turned in. In Social Studies the students are watching a movie about the geography of Idaho. It is taking a bit of time as they are learning how to take notes too.
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