Tuesday, May 21

It is hard to believe that we are in the single digits with number of days left...that means that we have a lot of loose ends to tie up as well. In Math, we continued our work on our Geometrical Towns, which are starting to look more and more like actual maps of towns. We are still in the introduction portion of The Westing Game but are close to the good parts where the mystery and "game" are beginning. In Reader's Workshop, we read The Eleventh Hour, a mystery by Graeme Base. The reading groups will be working in a friendly competition to solve the mystery first. We also worked to get our brochures finished as well as on our Voice Thread about Economics. In Writer's Workshop, we worked to get caught up on our persuasive essays as to why they should be promoted to 5th grade. (For some reason, they forgot that it should be 5 paragraphs...) Finally, in Science, we focused on the stem and began an experiment with celery and carnations called, "Totally Tubular."