Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  The kids must have been tired today, because our morning was very quiet! hahah

We started a new language arts lesson today and the kids wrote their new spelling words in their planners.  There will be a test on Friday.  We read about the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 this morning and put the events of the story in sequential order.  We are continuing on with natural disasters.  As a vocabulary activity, the kids had to write a paragraph about earthquakes using their vocabulary words.  

We wrapped up our lessons on potential energy and kinetic energy and collisions today. We finished with a video last week, and reviewed and took the assessment today.  We will move onto waves tomorrow.  I'm hoping to begin our unit to create an avalanche protection system by the end of the week!  Fingers crossed we stay on schedule :) 

The kids read their social studies lesson with a partner and then answered their memory master questions.  These questions have been a great forum for the kids to practice complete sentences and using text evidence. 

We started with fractions today.  The kids new the names of the parts of a fraction and pretty much what fractions are, but finding equivalent fractions was a bit tricky!  Tonight's homework will reinforce equivalent fractions.  

Please note: Friday is early release.   Wednesday is community prayer.