Welcome back to another day of education! Today we talked about the history of Latin America. So much good stuff we didn't even get to finish.  We also revisited how to subtract mixed numbers with borrowing. We also took our turn at making a story element out line. (I will include an example.) We were given three ideas. We get to pick one and then form a story around it. We finished off the day by finishing both of our books. Very exciting endings!

Example For Thursday


Pick a story starter from the book on page 65.

Starter 1. Carl Williams slowly backed farther into the shadows.

Write a story elements outline.

I. Main idea

Carl did not practice his piano for his lesson so he is hiding from his music teacher.

II. Setting

A backyard of a suburban home.

III. Character

Mrs. Nevens, Carl, and Sparky

IV. Plot

Carl did not practice piano all week and is not ready for his lesson with Mrs. Nevens so he decides to hide in her back yard after he gets dropped off. He wants to skip his lesson so that he won’t get yelled at. However Mrs. Nevens knows someone is outside and lets her dog, Sparky, loose to get the intruder. Sparky finds Carl and begs for treats. Mrs. Nevens and Carl have a good laugh and Carl promises to practice for next week.

V. Ending

Next week Carl brings treats for Sparky and has a great lesson.

 
Spelling: unit 8 for Thursday, test for Friday
Math: set 23 skip 1,2,3,4,15,17,24,25
Cat: Sermon Summary
Geo: work on maps
English: story elements outline and rough draft
Science: notes for quiz on section 3 (We go through the section in class, but the students should be going over the section again on their own to touch up their notes.)
Algebra 1/2: Set 25 odd problems
Art: nothing
Memory: CL lesson 2 for Friday
Music: ws for Friday
Lit: epilogue ws