Thursday, December 11th

ELA -- Students wrote down the grammar rule of using commas to separate two independent clauses when they're connected by a coordinating conjunction.  Or, as Mr. Zimbardo calls it, "put a comma before your 'but.'"  They also completed a worksheet to practice that rule.  We also read Gathering Blue and we are going to try to finish it before winter break.  

Math -- Students who earned a 2 on part or all of last week's math assessment will be reviewing with Mrs. Washington this week and given the assessment again this Friday.  Students who worked with me today learned how to model the multiplication of fractions.

Social Studies -- Students watched a video on the Progressive Era and took notes.  We discussed differences and similarities between worker conditions at the Turn of the Century, during the era of slavery, and now.