1. Warmup—What is the most interesting thing you can see right now?
2. Textbooks
Homework
None
Today we did our first regular warmup. Normally this will only take about 15 minutes each day, but because this was the first time we went over the process in much more detail.
We also discussed our textbooks, so let me tell you what I told the kids: we will not use the textbooks at all this year. When we read a short story, article, or essay, I will give the kids a xerox copy, so they can keep it, make notes, etc. There is a state law that we must give each child a textbook, so we do. But we won't use it.
I have instructed the kids to take their textbooks home and put them somewhere safe until we return them in June.
