Holy cow! The 45 minutes I had to complete my first lesson flew by. The students were in engaged and I had high participation. The only downfall was the students were so eager to share they often blurted out.  We are studying the Revolutionary War in history and reading about it in Language Arts. It is going to be great for the students to make these connections. I am glad I started with a quick write because the students had many misconceptions relating to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. I also picked up an extra 40 minutes of teaching spelling/ phonics.