Ugh...rain again?!

Yuck, another soggy day... We tried to outside for recess but it was raining (misting) and cold so we ended up coming back in. Luckily, we have many options for indoor recess!

Willow is still pretty numb and silent but we observed that she is still observing so hopefully, she just needs time. We are also wondering if Jairo Hernandez, the cab driver, will have a bigger role than he does right now. Counting by 7's has us all hooked because we fell in love with Willow and are feeling her deep depression right along with her. Then, we finished our "Nothing Ever Happens on ___" story before reading/visiting the library. We also discussed government and civic rights and responsibilities like we have been reading about. We will be voting through KidsVoting on Monday so we also looked at the ballot we'll be voting on. I encouraged students to do some research on the candidates so that they can be informed voters. They'll be filling out a voter's registration form and then casting their votes. On Wednesday, we'll be looking at the results of our KidsVoting and how/if they felt their voice was heard. Although their votes don't count in the real election, they are pretty excited about this. In fourth grade, we shared out what we discovered about the mound builders and began looking at what possible artifacts were discovered that caused archaeologists to infer the things they did about the groups of early people of Ohio. In fifth grade, we continued with understanding regions as part of the five themes of geography. In math today, 4th graders tried to narrow down their concept for their food truck. Some are struggling with this "narrowing down" idea and want to offer way too much for a food truck. Fifth graders both practiced division in their rooms. After recess, our day ended with our potato head electronics celebration!