Day 125

AM/PM -- Guided Reading and Library time to do research for Non-fiction books.

Math: Today we learned how to find the value of a variable by using the inverse operation on the other side of the equal sign. For example, x + 4 = 5 can be solved by subtracting 4 on both sides. x = 1

Music

Read Aloud: We finished "The 6th grade nickname game." This is a really fun book. Ask your student to tell you about it.

Social Studies: We learned about the War of 1812. We learned that this was the first war after the United States became it's own country. It was to retaliate from England's impressment at sea and for supplying Native American's with guns. We talked about how the Canadian's came down and burned down the White house and many other important buildings in Washington D.C. We also talked about Dolly Madison and how she was able to save many important documents and paintings because she refused to leave the White house until these items were out first.
We also talked about the battle at Fort McHenry. We learned that it was the inspiration for the National Anthem "The Star-Spangles Banner" by Francis Scott Key

Enrichment: Practicing singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the Hope of America.

HW:
Read--remember your self-picked book needs to be done by March 30. It has to be at least 100 pages.
Math: Blue worksheet on properties of equality.