Kids, you’re doing a wonderful job. Most of you are getting all your assignments in, and the quality of your work is improving, which is pretty impressive given that I’m not there in the classroom pushing you and nagging you. I want you to continue to do your best, but I also know that there is still a lot of stress in your households. I’m trying to keep that in mind as I grade your work and create assignments.

Well, today we’re starting a couple of new thingies. Our new read aloud is also our main reading assignment. It’s one of my favorite stories from Storyworks. It’s about a killer rooster and how this kid has to battle it. Were we back at CPE, we’d read this together as a class, but what I want you to do is read it along with me (it’s in Classwork). There’s not even a quiz with it (though there are a couple questions about it on your End-of-Day-Review).

The second new thingy is that we’re going to try some reader’s theater in Zoom. Call it “Zoomer’s Theater.” In Classwork you must pre-read the two “Zoom-Aloud Plays,” Cyclops and How the Elephant Got It’s Trunk, and request which one you want to be in. They’re both fun and silly, so you’ll enjoy them both. We’ll read them for the first time at our Zoom meeting on Thursday. We’ll practice for a week and then “perform” them at a recorded Zoom session. It’ll be great!

You also have another math lesson. I know, math can be SOOOOO boring, but you’re work here will pay off next year when you’re crushing it at Scenic while all those Mae Richardson kids are fumbling around trying to do something goofy like add denominators. Watch my videos (Part 1 and then if you need more help, Part 2). Your assignment is Worksheet A and your homework is Worksheet B.

It’s choice day for PE, you have another history lesson, this one about Jesse James, and you have an especially important entry for your Literary Terms Journal. Finally, you have a 9 a.m. Super Sentence session in Classroom. See you there!