This week in Language Arts, we used our Super Spy status to work through multple stories together, looking for clues which could reveal the Main Idea! To set the stage for this, we practiced writing down observations in our super spy notebooks. We learned about perspective, which is the way we see things. We went to the Dream Court and faced middle school, to write down an observation. Then we turned to face the Dream Court, and wrote down another observation in our notebooks. After we finished, we went back to the classroom to discuss the variance and similarity in perspectives. This framing dovetailed directly into our analysis of Main Idea, discovering that the Main Idea can usually be a handful of different things, and all supported by verified details.

This week in Math, we used our Super Spy sklls to decode word problems! Using our powers of analysis, we concluded multiple clue words in math problems. "Total" or "all together" means we're going to do an addition problem. "Change" means "difference," which means we need to do a subtraction problem. "A" means only one of something! These are clue words, detectable by Super Spies! We then devised a system of working through shopping word problems. 1) Write down the information and price 2) Line up our numbers and add them 3) If there's change, then we subtract the smaller number from the larger number. We found that this system is a consistent way to allow us to find the right answer. Super Spies for life!