As I am sitting down to write this blog I realized that I did not blog last week, so for that I would like to apologize.
English
We will be finishing up the chapter on pronouns this week. The test is scheduled for next week.
Writing
The children began a persuasive essay last week on wearing uniforms to school. They will finish writing their rough drafts this week and also handwrite, in cursive, their good copies on Friday.
Science
We will begin the last section of the unit on Space Travel this week. The last section covers the space shuttle, along with the "Challenger Disaster" and the "Columbia Tragedy." I would like to finish up the unit this week and test next week but I am not sure that is possible. I will let the kids know when the test will be as soon as I get a better idea of how long the section on the space shuttle will take.
Final important dates
1981 - First space shuttle, Columbia is launched
1986 - Challenger explodes 72 seconds into lift-off killing all seven crew members.
2003 - Columbia explodes during re-entry killing all seven crew members.