Rockefeller and Carnegie!

Today our class had our Monopoly Bracket Competition. Four brackets played for a period of time which determined four winners. Those four played for another 45 minutes after lunch. Students were required to calculate their entire net worth when the time was complete. Sam Pope won and McKenna Tracy came in second. For earning the most net worth, Sam was "coined" Rockefeller, and McKenna, Carnegie. Some students had never played Monopoly previously, so now they have the bug to play more. If we have time next week we may have a game day....

Tomorrow the scholars will take their final test on Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. They will also be finishing up the math unit so we can take that last test on Thursday. Scholars will be finishing up To Kill a Mockingbird and we hope to have enough time to watch the movie. If we don't have time this week, we will watch it next week. We will also finish up our last history unit and have an open book test on Friday.

Speaking of FRIDAY!!! We will be launching our rockets in teams on Friday morning. We could use a couple of parents to help with crowd control and sighting as we launch them. They will definitely go out of sight and we hope to be able to recover even a few.  If you would like to join us and help the scholars, we will be launching from 8:30 to 9:15 or so. The weather is supposed to cooperate...so we will see! :)

I will be adding a page to the blog which will include a reading list for grades 6, 7, 8 and is classical in nature. If you are looking for summer reading and your new school does not provide a list, feel free to use this one!

Rockefeller and Carnegie...it's all about the money! ;)