Today was a very special day here at OCS. Veterans' Day!!! It was a perfect day for our students to learn about the importance of respect and how that connects to our veterans and to the noble deeds and service to our country they took part in to insure we truly live in the "land of the free". Our Red Ribbon Committee did a wonderful job inviting veterans to our school and having them, our heroes, deliver the message of making wise choices and saying NO to drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. Thank you to all the veterans that came to share their stories. We thank them for caring and serving our country.
Math class has been busy working with decimals and money. Decimals add another whole dimension to place value. Students should continue "fast facts" practice every day in order to make this skill an automatic part of our everyday life. We will continue with decimals and money throughout this week.
Upcoming math project: My Favorite Number
Students will represent their number in 50+ ways. It can be your sports jersey number, your street number, your lucky number... only you can decide. How creative can you be when you create "My Favorite Number" poster. Resources may include the internet, magazines, newspapers, and your mind!!!! Can't wait to learn your "Favorite Number".
ELA class has taken a different path these past few weeks. With our shortened schedules and days off, instead of reading from our anchor text, we have been work from our Scholastics Storyworks magazine. Storyworks is a wealth of reading material. Last week we read a non-fiction piece about "Dolphins" and a story with a lesson (literature piece) "The Worm Turns". This week we are working with a play based on Greek Mythology. Our play "The Monster in the Cave" traces Odysesus's travels towards home after the Trojan War. The class enjoyed taking on roles and reading through the play. We also viewed a video that told the story from the monster's point of view. The students were amazed how the same story could be seen in two completely different ways. We will continue to analyze our "hero" and "monster". Could they possibly change roles? How would they measure up to our CORRECT traits.
Vocabulary words include: legion, hospitality, sufficient, mercy, treachery, swift
We are enjoying learning them with "paint strips" that allow us to separate synonyms, antonyms, part of speech, and use in a sentence. Our "double" index cards help us make sure we understand the definitions.
Writing- due to the shortened classes and days, we have put our research report on hold. Thursday and Friday this week we will revisit our rubric and checklists to make sure we understand expectations. Next week its back to work. It is important that we follow all the steps to turn out a quality report.
We will not have a spelling test this week.
Our grammar assessment will include the homophones their, there, and they're.
Our reading assessment will be on our play "The Monster in the Cave"
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