The Daily Blog (Nov 17) - Andrew

The first thing we did was review last night's homework on Social Studies Unit 2, Lesson 4 , which was all about the lands in the Americas claimed by different European countries such as Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands. Below is a map detailing all of the different land claims made by the European countries in North and South America.

After Social Studies, we numbered off 1 to 4 and split off into groups to work on our Study Guide for Thursday's 1st Trimester Math Test. We worked in groups for a half hour and then went to the board to show our work in front of the class on a problem of our choice. It was a good idea to study for Thursday's test so that we can do well!

We also corrected math on multiplying mixed numbers.

After our math workshop, we left to the Science Lab to study the Inner Planets, Outer Planets, and beyond. Today was our final lesson on the Solar System.

At recess, our flag football game was canceled because something was happening in the field. The Trojans vs. Stanford is going to happen at lunch recess on Thursday.

We had to write a quick summary of what we learned in science lab. The computer groups for Monday and Tuesday got to go on to complete a few assignments and watch a few videos on the solar system that Mr. McMurray assigned.

We got to get some of the Explorer Report presentations done after lunch recess. Mr. McMurray got a projector to hook up to his laptop and brought us to the Arts Center so we could see a few Power Point presentations that Sarah, Kannen, and Ethan made for their reports. Others shared as well, including Kailani who made a poster of her explorer, Francisco Pizarro.


Tonight, for homework we had to do a math worksheet and possibly work on the Literature Circles jobs if our reading or assignments haven't been completed.