We had a very busy day today. Our Cay discussion was quite good. Students are noticing that Phillip's attitude about Timothy is changing. He no longer feels Timothy is less of a person than he because he is black. This is one of the obvious themes of the book. In fifth grade math we reviewed the "All That Glitters" word problem. Students rated their efforts on this very first problem of the year by checking off columns on the rubric. There were many good efforts. I noticed some students did not label well enough. Students were given a new problem called, "The Crawler," which is based on factual information. The Crawler is the giant machine that moves the spacecraft from the hanger to the launch pad. It gets 34 feet per gallon. Students must calculate how many gallons of fuel are used on the 3 1/2 mile trip from the hanger to the launch pad. It is due next Monday. In geography students practiced finding latitude and longitude using a couple of games on line.