Today in Language Arts, we learned to distinguish between dependent and independent clauses. We watched a Powerpoint slideshow of information about each and how to keep them straight. We had fun thinking of dependent clauses as babies and independent clauses as adults. Sentences were compared to houses. Please ask your child to share the story they heard in Grammar today. It will help them to review.
Social Studies was a time of review. Each group received a small batch of cards that were used to create an organizer based on the main concepts covered in Chapter 1. They worked to find landforms, climate, vegetation, and resources for each region of Africa through the use of various maps. Tomorrow, we will play Cecil's biggest board game for review for Friday's Chapter 1 Test.
Members of the Cecil Fire Department visited our school this afternoon to talk about fire safety. We enjoyed their presentation and appreciated the time they spent helping us learn how to stay safe.
Homework:
Reading - Read pages 111-144 in The Westing Game and complete your role.
Math - The Algebra Machine W.S.
Writing - Grammar p. 15
Social Studies - Test on Chapter 1 this Friday.
Science - Graph is due tomorrow.
BOOK FAIR WILL BE TOMORROW FOR GROUP 310 (SCHEIDLER) AND WEDNESDAY FOR GROUP 308 (MAC)
Wellness - Posters due this Friday.
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