Happy Monday!
Highlights from today:
-We spent a lot of time today talking about the history of the Northeast region (Native Americans and colonies).
-We read articles on famous buildings and monuments. We discussed their purposes and what they were made of (connection to our Earth's material science unit)
-Big numbers and scientific notation in math...
Can you read this number? 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000
- In spelling we are in Unit 14 - words with more letters than sounds (vowel diagraphs)
- Santas are almost finished

Homework:
Study Link 109
Spelling Unit 14 due Friday
Weekly Geography Sheet 14 due Friday
NE Capitals and Abbreviations on Friday

Question for a ticket... (You may either post your answer as a comment or you may write the answer in your assignment notebook and show it to me in the morning.)
What is the name of Illinois' state mineral? Why was that mineral chosen?

http://www.illinois.gov/facts/symbolsdesc.cfm#mineral