End of week three - and we're learning!

After adjusting to routines and schedules, this third week saw the class deep into discussions ranging from conflict in History to ecosystems in Science. This week we began working with the figurative language of poetry through song and will continue doing so next week. Math, however, is causing some challenges as demonstrated on the first quiz. Students are strongly encouraged to practice basic multiplication facts, and we will be doing mental math speed tests for the next few weeks for the initial 5 minutes of class. Within the next two weeks, students will have their first Math unit test focusing on factoring, square roots and order of operations.