Meet the Characters!

Copy of The Westing Game on Prezi

Our first item on today's cafe menu was a character breakfast of sorts.  The Prezi above was shown to the students to get them thinking about the characters they've been introduced to in The Westing Game.  Students were asked to think about the clues, add any others they could think of, and ultimately choose the character.  Words on the foot path were also discussed, such as alibi.  At the end, any characters that were not mentioned were identified and described.  The class has been reading and recording clues as they come up in the story.  They're surprised at how many characters there are to keep track of, as well as how many seem suspicious for various reasons.  Since the Westing Game has truly begun, and the heirs have been paired for the purpose of play, the students are anxious to continue their reading.  Our next cafe will take place the Thursday after Thanksgiving!  By then, we should have all sorts of things to discuss!  Keep watching for Mystery Theatre!

Group 310 had Social Studies today, and they learned more about the culture of South Africa.  They even listened to the alphabet song to hear the sounds made by the various letters in the Africaan (Dutch) alphabet! 

Our Thursday afternoons are busy with Library and Music!  Today was a book trading day, and the students were happy about picking something new.  Some expressed this morning that they were especially looking forward to learning how to play the piano in Music.  Mrs. (Music) McIlvaine has many keyboards on which the students learn the basics of piano.  I'm sure she'll be sharing this on her blog soon!

Homework:
Math -
Reading - Read Ch. 8-12 in The Westing Game for Thursday, 11/29/12.  Complete your new role!  Complete your vocabulary practice for the novel using the crossword puzzle for tomorrow.  Keep watching the blog for Mystery Theatre #3.
Spelling - Study your Unit 1 review words.  They can be found on Spelling City under links on this blog.  The test is tomorrow.
Writing - Narrative rough draft is due tomorrow.  We will be revising our work!
Social Studies - Vocabulary test on 11/20/12
Wellness - Your fitness report card is due tomorrow.
Mrs. Friday's Assignments:
Spelling - Writing assignment, spelling 3X each and study, 2 wk.bk pages
Math - Multiplying fractions wk.sheet - group 1 and Division wk. sheet - group 2