Ben and I discussed the 1960s cultural revolution in America and how it affected American politics, including the highly impactful events of 1968 and 1969.

Review perfect tense, focus: verbs that require the auxiliary verb 'sein'

Today we worked on drafting an essay on social justice as exemplified by the novella, A Christmas Carol. I distributed a guide on drafting a three paragraph essay on this subject that addressed how to prepare a topic sentence, cite examples, and a conclusion. I first helped David prepare an introduction paragraph that introduced the topic and the characters. We then worked on a body paragraph citing examples of how thorough Scrooge's redemption the novella advocates for a society that both recognizes the plight of the poor and does something about it. As needed ,we rewrote sentences , combined ideas , and reorganized sentences within the paragraph. We will complete the essay tomorrow in class.

Alexandra practiced tracing on cards. She sorted objects by their beginning sounds. I read to her.

We watched the cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and discussed it.

Kaitlin and I discussed what she would do tomorrow.

Libby used writing paper to practice her sight words and "Merry Christmas." She worked on her lowercase y. She made two Christmas cards for teachers. We watched the cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Chris wrote sentences for his spelling words. We read some of The Ransom of Red Chief and discussed it. He continued typing his story.

Kaitlin was online but did not meet with me.

Chris wrote his spelling words in his journal. I read about O.Henry. We read The Gift of the Magi and discussed irony. Chris worked on the story he is typing.