Hello,
I read a picture book about the friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The kids are very shocked about our country's racist history. This is also tying in well with our current read aloud novel, The Cay, where the white boy in the story is very harsh to an old African-American sailor. It might be a good topic to bring up. I bet they would like to hear your opinions on the subject.
My math class will be having a test tomorrow. Quadrilaterals and their properties will be the main topic covered.
I will be having a substitute, Gail Anderson of Longfellow fame, on Friday. I will be going to visit Scarborough to learn more about their Singapore math program.
We are ramping up our paragraphing abilities. Our first major research papers are on the horizon. The Maine animal reports are a fourth grade tradition. We need to have our paragraphing skills, along with our knowledge of margins, indentation, punctuation and capitalization down pat before we tackle the beast of a project.
Gotta run. Thanks for reading.
Mr. Shea
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