Wednesday's Activities

Today was the first time i really felt in control of the classroom and was in control by myself. It was a different yet rewarding experience because Mr. Bird was at Calvin this morning for a "Cooperating Teachers" Conference. While Mr. Bird was away the students in our class and throughout the whole school had an opportunity to view a 40 minute production, brought to us by a group of 3 actors/actresses out of Chicago, about Tom Sawyer. The students all behaved very well and were very interested and focused on the skit, I am so proud of them! We weren't able to get to the Library or invite Senora Koning in to teach us Spanish due to this activity though. We will try to get to the Library before the end of the week so that the students have more books they could read.
Bible- This morning we began our new Bible Unit. We are beginning a study of the book of Judges. We looked at the Judge Othniel, whose story is in Judges 3:7-11. We discussed what a Judge is today and what a Judge was in the Bible times(a warrior/leader). We also began to take note of a cycle that the Israelite's went through and this cycle will be a recurring theme for our Unit. The students have their New Testament Bible Quiz on Friday, November 4. 
Social Studies- Today we began a new lesson about Robert La Salle and the plans that he had for fur trading in Michigan. We will continue this lesson tomorrow or Friday.
Science- Today the students had their Unit 1 Matter Assessment. Some of them finished, others will be given time to finish tomorrow.
Literacy- Today in our Literacy Block we were cut short a little by the production, but despite that the students were able to spend quality time reading their folktale books and answering questions related to them. Students have their Unit 7 Word and Skills Test on Friday. They have been working almost every morning on practicing cursive in their Penmanship books and they are supposed to have pages 1-19 done by tomorrow. Also the Unit 7 Spelling Take-Home activity sheet is due on Friday. 
Math- Today in Math we focused on the process of being able to solve Number Stories and then we had a lot of Valuable time to practice solving Number Stories. I will pass out SL 3.8 tomorrow and it will be due along with MB 3.8 on Friday.