During social studies, students began to turn their attention to Christopher Columbus. The fifth grade was presented with two different perspectives of the same event and asked to determine which they believed to be accurate. We began today's lesson by reading the book Encounter by Jane Yolen. This story presented an uncommon view point of events to the students. Later we followed that up by looking at a more traditional view of the Columbus expedition.
Later in the day, students once again put on their writer's hats and kept up the good work on their opinion writing pieces. We are getting closer to publishing these papers. Students looked to included transition words into their early drafts today.
Homework
Reading - 30 minutes of quiet reading
Character Trait project - today students were given directions for a character trait project that is due on November 13th. The directions are fairly straightforward, but if there is any confusion or questions that I can help to answer, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Trivia
How long, in feet, is the Mississippi River?
Boston
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