School occurred today!
We had a full weekend and I know you were as happy about that as I was.
We got a ton done today, and we have a good bit of homework to reflect that. In Math, we are looking at subtracting mixed fractions. We came to the conclusion that the easiest method is to convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions and then work from there.
So for math we have a set of ten subtraction problems.
The first three problems are done there as well. We have four basic steps:
1: convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions.
2: convert to like denominators
3: subtract
4: convert what we have to a mixed number and simplify
In language arts we are still working on identifying themes. We read a short selection in our motivation reading book that included two poems. Tonight students should summarize these two poems the same way we did last week: stanza by stanza. Then they should identify what they believe to be the theme.
We had a very interesting talk about forces that led to a discussion of atoms in science. is can be difficult for students to really wrap their head around the concept of atoms and how they make up everything. We will keep hitting on this as we go.
so tldr;
one math sheet
two poems summarized with themes identified
ALSO!!!
tonight is COSMOS with Niel DeGrasse Tyson. This is a follow up to Cosmos with Carl Sagan and is an extremely wonderful and interesting program About the universe. Unfortunately it starts at 10pm so I don’t recommend staying up for it but I do recommend taping it! It is on National geographic tonight and fox on Sundays. If that isn’t possible don’t worry as we will watch an episode or two in the classroom. Hopefully it will get a few of ours hooked on science!
As always, sorry I just can’t stop typing, and see everyone tomorrow!