It was a quiet start to the day today with students in band and in chorus. Those not in either of these activities stayed and worked on various assignments.
In reading, we had another "read all class" class. I was able to finish reading with every student in 6S and I will finish the conferences with my class sometime this week. The students did exceptionally well staying on task during this time.
In writing, we finished up a short exercise using precise nouns. Students wrote a short piece and then went in search of all of the nouns. We finished class with a "Word Power" exercise from Reader's Digest. We are trying to expand our vocabularies so that our writing will have better word choice.
In science, we went over the heredity scavenger hunt to begin our discussion of genetics. I also read a book called Grandfather's Nose. We took notes on key vocabulary words in our notebooks.
Reading tests went home today. Let me know if you have any questions.
