November 13th Update

I will keep today’s update brief, as it is Friday and I am on my way out the door for the weekend! Let’s put it in point form:

• We looked at a variety of real tools today (some older ones you don’t see anymore) to identify the simple machines involved
• We went over last night’s homework about transition words and paragraph order
• We brainstormed an idea for our TED TALK which we will begin writing next week, as well as some criteria for how we will be assessed on our writing and speech
• Students completed their quizzes for French and/or agreed to complete them on the weekend by taking pics or printing off the quiz completion pages
• Everyone chose an area of vocabulary to focus on for a mini French project. Those who were in French Immersion should write a sentence for each word, and those who were not can write down the vocabulary on lined paper. Most students are done with this. I asked them to include the French articles of le, la, and l’ — we went over masculine and feminine noun concept today
• I assigned a Pulleys reading to be completed for Monday. Please bring any milk jugs, empty and clean you may have. I am in need of just 3 more.
• We had an assembly about Diwali — Happy Diwali everyone! And we tried some new Indian foods provided by the Suncrest community parents
• Students had an hour of music time with Mr. Wilson and had an assessment
• We had free choice, during which students caught up on French, built catapults, did some painting, and worked on individual projects, games or reading of choice.

Have a great weekend! See you Monday!