I'm back!  The kids worked quite hard in my absence and we had a nice day moving forward!  We started our day by finishing our novel, Space Case.  As I mentioned, the kids loved it and no one guessed who the villain was!  Enzo informed us that there are 2 more books in the series, so they are ordered and will be here on Saturday, ready for us to start reading on Monday :)

We reviewed adjectives and figurative language in language arts today.  The class is working on a descriptive paragraph that contains one simile and one metaphor.  The goal is to type the final copy tomorrow!

We pushed forward in math today, making it to the mid point of the chapter.  We also worked on our Outside of the Box pictures today.  This is when I give the kids a picture of something common, like a cloud, or a letter, and they have to tell me what it is, but it's NOT the item it looks like.  They are having a lot of fun with this.  It's a nice activity to give their creative brains a little work out!

Just a reminder that tomorrow is early release!