The debate was on today in class as each crew reflected and wrote about who they think is most deserving of the treasure. It was quite interesting to hear Sara admit that Long John Silver is amoral, but still make a case for why he has the most right to the treasure. Good debating.

Study Guides were reviewed through chapter 23 and time was given to catch up any missing information so everyone should have gotten all 25 points for their study guides today.

The book talks were announced for Tuesday of next week.
1st Period – Kelsey / Cracker and A.J. / The Akhenaten Adventure
2nd Period – Brandon / The Lord of Silver Apples and Debbie / Diary of a Wimpy Kid
4th Period – Sam / Cracker and Taylor / Sea of Monsters

Master At Arms were appointed for each period. The Master At Arms will answer the phone or take care of anyone who comes to the door in order to reduce the amount of distraction or interruption during a class period.
1st Period – Makenzie (Who did an excellent job on her first day)
2nd Period – Aaron
3rd Period – Brandessa
4th Period – Bret
5th Period – Bailey
7th Period – Brayden

General Announcements:
I will be taking any student who has read and passed the AR test with a 9 or 10 to see the movie, The Lightning Thief on Sunday February 14. They deadline for having the book read and the AR test taken is by the end of the school day on Monday February 8th. Because of liability issues I can not provide transportation, but if you will get your son or daughter to the theater in Muncie I will buy their ticket. I can’t tell you the exact show time because the theater says they won’t know until Tuesday February 9th. It will be the early afternoon show on Sunday and I will get the exact time out as soon as I know it. Anyone in the class is invited to join us, I will just be buying tickets for the students who meet the criteria listed above. Right now we have 19 students who have qualified for the free ticket: Katelyn Buchanan, Dougy Burgess, Tessa Chason, Michaela Cooper, Haleigh Fernandez, Ariael Hall, Payton Howell, Brayden Johnson, Jesse Jones, Bret Lawson, Makenzie McCormick, Donovan Owsley, Drew Smith, Cody Stewart, Sam Trego, Abby Vester, Kelsey Winters, and Dan Wright. Way to go!

Our Poetry Literacy Night will be on February 16th. Anyone who turned in the pink registration slip but changes their mind and would like to attend is welcome. Please just drop me an e-mail so we can plan on the number of people attending.

We still need any box tops you can send in.

Root words – you may notice that I made an adjustment to last week’s lesson plans and the same root words are listed for this upcoming week. I did not feel that the students were ready to move forward with new words and pushed these words out until next week. These root words are basic language learning blocks, similar to addition or multiplication tables. They are just something your son or daughter needs to study and remember. Please encourage them to study the words from their root word cards or glossary each week.