Our Day: A Quick List!

• Very productive independent study time :)
• Began our new literature book, "Stepping on the Cracks"
• (This is another work of historical fiction that ties along with our social studies unit on WWII)

• Reviewed last week's science lesson on ocean currents and their affect on the weather
• Learned about how the moon and sun cause our ocean's tides
• They learned about Spring Tides and Neap Tides, which necessitated the acting out of the sun/moon/Earth relationship!

• Reviewed Tuesday's material on WWII
• Learned more about the Holocaust  
• Learned that the class will be competing in a Jeopardy game over WWII facts next week!
• Completed our dictation exercise, as well as a bonus question on prepositional phrases
• Reviewed the writing assignments for the week
• Began writing a persuasive paper, which will be continued next week in class.