It’s May 6.

Today is "No Homework Day." What can you write in your notebook that would convince your teacher to celebrate this day with you?

Trivial Fact of the Day: The pencil was invented more than 425 years ago in 1565. A typical pencil today could draw a line 35 miles long.

Interesting Quote of the Day: "Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life." --Lawrence Kasdan (American film producer and screenwriter)

Vocabulary Word of the Day: subterfuge (noun) – here’s a really fancy noun that means an attempt to conceal something bad. Even though you shouldn’t have, when is the last time you committed subterfuge? Why didn’t you just fess up?

Happy Monday!! Today is Book Club meeting day.  We will get into our book club groups. Then read our chosen novel for 20 minutes.  Finally, complete today's job.