We had a busy morning. Students worked to define, identify and draw perpendicular lines this morning. They utilized their knowledge of angles, and their right angle template to create, and measure their own perpendicular lines.
We have begun a new read a loud called The Hope Chest. Students took a closer look at some unfamiliar words and figurative language used in chapter 1. They then worked to answer some inferencing questions and create a chapter 1 summary.
We continued our discussion of democracy today. We took a closer look at the goal of democracy to provide for the common good and what that means. Students worked briefly to come up with some things at our school that people may disagree about. They shared a few of the problems that they came up with. These problems were put into a container and each group pulled at random one of the problems. The groups were challenged to come up with a solution to the problem for our school community (students, teachers, staff, parents). They were given the following guidelines when creating their solutions:
1. The solution must do what is best for the majority of people.
2. The solution must not be unfair to others.
3. The solution must be possible.
4. The solution must not discriminate against particular groups of people.
Students gained a new perspective on the challenges faced by a government working to promote the common good. Ask your child to tell you more!
Homework: Read for 30 minutes, Math, Spelling (due tomorrow, test tomorrow)
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