Tom and Jerry

Remember Tom and Jerry?  We looked at a little cartoon clip of them today.  The lesson at school was how to avoid the cat in the house.  The ways of mice.  Fun.  It led us into the discussion of how to be a mouse.  We decided to write the instructions of How To Be A Mouse, but first we need to become experts by gathering facts about the behaviour, appearance, habitat, enemies, and food of mice.  Once we have gathered facts about mice we will turn them into instructions by starting with action words.  This will take us several days but ask your student what they already know about mice.

We wrapped up our testing of arches and squares today.  Your student should be able to tell you that an arch is a strong shape because the mass is distributed evenly.  Many bridges and tunnels are built using arches because of their strength.  When driving around our city point that out to your student.