Thursday, November 30

 Hi parents,

We had another good day today. In the morning, the students had a chance to catch up on work from earlier in the week. Those horse paragraphs turned out awesome, often even better than the earth paragraphs, which had significantly more planning and editing! 

We built on our work around the map of Canada from yesterday, and learned about the 'compass rose'. We learned the four main directions, as well as northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast. Then we did a classic / 'old school' activity, in which the students answered questions from the textbook that tested their ability to use directions to compare locations on the map. It was also a big success.

In the afternoon, we had Music and Daily LA. We brainstormed the 'must-have' features and qualities of a Mars Rover, in preparation for actually designing and building models of our own rovers.

Remember that tomorrow is our spelling quiz! And, the 14th is our Winter Event.

Have a nice night,

Zac