Yay! A brand new day, and a LOT accomplished!
Just as a reminder, here are those…..
IMPORTANT DATES:
Thurs, Dec 10th: Language Arts Case 21
Thurs, Dec 10th: APTT meeting # 2 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Fri, Dec 11th: Math Case 21
Tues, Dec 15th: Field Trip to North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Wed, Dec 16th: Science Case 21
Friday, Dec 18th: Last day of 2nd quarter
We then have a LONG track-out, and don’t come back in until January 25th!
So this morning we looked over our persuasive essays for the LAST TIME. We did peer editing and hopefully fixed alllllll of our problems. The final paper is due tomorrow! Many students have really come a long way since the first draft,
We then started talking about the brain, and the human central nervous system. We had some really great discussion and a lot of good questions. Many students were surprised to realize just how small (compared to their preconceptions) their brain is. We looked at many real pictures of the brain, the spinal cord, and the nerves. It was a lot of fun.
Tonight students have a short selection on the brain to read. They should take notes as they read, and record them in their science journal. These should be taken just as we have taken them before: Notes on the right side, and then questions those notes would answer on the left.
Next we started reading “The Night Gardener” together. It is one of the books from the North Carolina Children’s Books Awards. I will read this book and one other to the students, and they will be responsible for picking and reading 3 on their own. At the end of 3rd quarter we will vote on the 2015-2016 North Carolina Children’s book of the year.
We then talked a LOT about multiplying fractions, and did some more examples which students should have recorded in their math journals. Tonight students have another set of 4 problems to finish. As always, there is an example!!
SO, tl;dr
Finish persuasive essay
Take notes on the brain in your science journal
Do some fraction multiplication problems
And read!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter