This week we have two more benchmark tests. Wednesday is Math, and Thursday is Reading. This leaves us ONLY Tuesday and Friday for instructional days this week. Grrrr! In Writing, the students will continue work on their expository on Texas battles of the revolution. In addition, we will look at a new Latin root, idiom of the week, and a new spelling rule, though our practice time on all of these will likely carry us into next week as well.
In Texas History, we just finished completing our timeline for the battles of the Texas Revolution. This week we are looking at some key information on four of our Texas heroes: Sam Houston, James, Bowie, David Crockett, and William Travis. By the end of this unit, students should understand the battles that made up the revolution, which key people were present at which battles and the outcome of the revolution. (Treaty of Velasco)