Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes failure and discouragement.
Florence Shinn

Language Arts: Today we continued reading Chapter 2 and had some time to take notes on characters. We also spent time clarifying how to identify significant concrete details (textual evidence) to help support our analysis of characters.

HW: Finish reading Chapter 2 and complete character notes by TUESDAY. (Some new characters that you should add at least one Concrete Detail with Commentary for are: Sol-leks, Joe, Billee, Pike. You may also choose to add on significant quotes for Buck, Francois, Perrault...)

Math 8: Today we examined squares and square roots, including estimating roots of non-perfect squares. Worked on a guided practice exercise as a class and started HW.

HW: Lesson 17T - "Converse Pythagorean Theorem"

Algebra: Today we worked on several different pieces as sort of a catch up day...
1. Finished Problem 5.3 - "Exploring Exponential Equations"
2. Be "experts" on 3 problems given to group, ready for Oaks Review Jigsaw on Friday
3. Finish/self correct Learning Target 8.3 review (gold packet)

HW: Pizzazz pg. 150 - "What are the two favorite letters of children?"

Social Studies: Today we turned back the second rough draft to students who turned one in. Students had the opportunity to work one more day on their poster.

HW: rough draft if it has not been turned into Ms. Linahan

Science: Today we started watching the DVD, "A Murder of Crows," a video that shows the evolution of crows.

HW: None!