Thursday, November 14

Our morning work task:
Choose one of the following two problems to complete.
A. A bakery sells apple, cherry and pumpkin pies. Yesterday this bakery sold 9 apple pies for $6.20 each, 7 cherry pies for $10.15 each and 10 pumpkin pies for $5.78 each. How much money did the bakery earn yesterday?


B. A bakery sells loaves of white bread for $2.75 each and loaves of brown bread for $3.25 each. If the bakery sells 8 loaves of white bread and 9 loaves of brown bread each day, how much money can the bakery earn each day?

We talked about adjectives and strong verbs and how they can make our writing stronger and more descriptive.

adjectives- describe/modify a noun (person, place or thing) 
ex.  rotten egg, cloudy day, lovely lady, silvery moon

strong verbs (action words)  
ex. stomp, race, devour, chomp, glare 

We looked at expanding skeleton sentences.
Example- The cat jumped.
The fluffy young cat pounced eagerly on the scampering mouse as lightning flashed in the dark sky above.

Students then took skeleton sentences and expanded them to create more descriptive, interesting sentences.
The girl cried.
The boy played.
The dog ran.
The teacher screamed.
The fireman yelled.
The principal laughed.
The skater slipped.

Some student examples from our work today.

• The tall, thin brown haired teacher screamed at the misbehaving students in Room 11.
• The six year old boy played with his new fluffy puppy in his new backyard as the last rays of sunlight were fading away.
• The golden brown dog sprinted across the freshly mowed lawn chasing after his florescent green yellow ball on a bright and sunny Sunday.
• The beautiful black lab bolted across the grassy green lawn after his bright blue ball as the sun slowly set across the horizon.
• One sunny day the young boy played with his friends at a sandy sand box at the park beside his house before dinner.
• The adorable, chubby pug bolted around the backyard chasing its shadow thinking it was another dog.
• The fireproof fireman yelled as he broke down the door to a flaming house in the middle of the night.
• The teen girl sobbed as a million tears rushed down her soft face as they stung like a million little knives piercing into her lush face while sitting in her dark room as the sky was crying too.

In Science a student brought in some materials to show some work they had done at home related to our fingerprinting work.  They brought a glass dish, some flour and an old make up brush and were able to highlight a fingerprint left on the dish.

We then looked at DNA and how investigators can use it to solve a crime.

Reminders:
- Return Friday Journal
- YouthLink field trip next Wednesday.  The preferred method of payment for the $6 is through your child's My CBE Account if you haven't already paid. 
- Trees and forests assessment on Monday
- PD Day- Friday, Nov. 22- No school for students