Reflections on Ancient Egypt

Our schedule was back to normal today. Students began their day working on their adventure story. Students did not get to go out to recess until they had produced a full page of writing.

Many students said they had difficulty with Thursday’s homework on constructing figures. We took extra time and care to go over the solutions to the practice problems. This took up most of our math class time. We started the new lesson on nets, but did not finish the lesson. As a result, there is no math homework assigned for today, and the unit test might be postponed till Monday.

Then students gathered in groups to discuss chapter 5 of The Lightning Thief.  Students were placed into new groups today. They had quiet time to read chapter 6. For homework, they are asked to reflect on chapter 6 using the new role they were assigned today if they did not get done in class. We will meet again on tomorrow.

In inquiry time, we finished up the work on ancient Egypt. This included taking up Friday’s activity pages on Egypt. Students completed the ‘LEARNED’ portion of the Ancient Egypt KWL chart. They also completed a journal entry about Friday when we mummified King Troutenkhammen.

I began a new round of conferences with students about their electric cars. There were only 5 students ready to meet with me. All students should bring in their cars and engineering design portfolios to show their progress. Students are to keep working on their cars. All students are asked to complete test 3 by Monday, November 2, at which point we will have conferences again to check on and discuss progress.

Homework & Reminders

·         Science Fair: Keep working on your electric car. Have test 3 done by Monday, November 2
·         MMS Test on Friday, October 30 or Monday, November 2
·         The Lightning Thief: Complete your literature circle response for tomorrow’s discussion on chapter 6
·         Tomorrow is Picture Day – come to school in full uniform
·         Wednesday, October 28 – Casual Day
·         Friday, October 30 – Halloween Spirit Day, ROM trip forms and payment due