It’s November 5. 
Today is “National Gunpowder Day.” Do not celebrate this one!  I expect to see all your fingers and eyes intact** tomorrow!

Trivial Fact of the Day: Ostriches yawn in groups before they go to sleep.

Interesting Quote of the Day:  “Life isn’t simple, but the beauty of it is you can always start over. It’ll get easier.”  --Alacia Bessette (American Author)

**Vocabulary Word of the Day:  intact (adjective) – use this word to describe something that has remained whole, complete or uninjured.  A physical mass can remain intact but so can a thought or a human spirit.

 

Journal Day!!! Show off your subject and predicate knowledge!!

 

Block 1 - Review lists.  Begin thesis statements and topic sentences using the mermaid story

Blocks 2, 3, & 4  - Vocabulary and continue book clubs