Sept+5,+2012

Homework: Continue working on your math worksheet.

Today in class:

Language Arts: Students read a short story called Shell by Cynthia Rylant. We discussed key vocabulary in the story. We will continue our discussion of the author's use of literary devices to write a great story.

Math: We continued with our pattern unit. Today students were discovering rules that could be applied to a variety of patterns. We explored patterns, for letter I, L, T, and X.

Social Studies: Students used their atlases today to answer a number of general questions about geography.

Science: Today we read part of the first chapter of the science book, Nature of Science. We discussed the importance of asking questions and observing.