I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving weekend. We're back for four days of action-packed learning:
Social Studies: Our focus this week, in the lead-up to Saturday's election, will be on learning about one of the party platforms. You'll work with a small group to build a brief slideshow. Expect a handful of sessions to complete this research and to build your presentation.
Math: We've moved into multiplication. For some, the basic facts to 10 x 10 have already been mastered. If that's the case, I have a handful of challenges for you, including learning some other useful facts (like learning each of the perfect squares up to 20 x 20. For most of us, though, we will benefit from practice. Please make it a goal to master these facts; they are the foundation for so much of what we'll do going forward. Rapid recall of those products will make your math life so much easier down the road! We will also explore some ways of "showing" products, and we'll work toward a reliable strategy for multiplying multi-digit values.
Science: Let's move into learning about the endocrine system this week. Expect a video log, a puzzling activity, diagrams and discussion.
Writing: The Halloween story project continues. The due date for this one is just two weeks away! Be sure to keep your story compact. Be realistic about how much time you have for your story writing. And leave enough time to revise your tale (at least one whole hour for this!). Be sure to take note of the feedback you will get this week from the "My New Island" task, and apply what you learn from my critique to this next piece. I look forward to reading your short stories!
Timetable: Thanks to a small increase in support in our classroom, some minor tweaks will show up on our Timetable later this week. Stay tuned.
That's all for now, folks. Enjoy your week!
