Another day, another homework post!
We actually had a great morning, followed by a bit of a rough afternoon! Talking out unfortunately had us go from negative 2 to positive 4 in just 15 short minutes. This meant we had four laps to do at recess. Much grumbling ensued.
In math, we worked more on fractions, and today started talking about finding areas of rectangles with fractional sides. This will lead us back to a real discussion of multiplying fractions.
The students’ homework tonight is to do page 67 in their motivation math book. This should mostly be review, but will give me a good indication of where they are in their understandings so far. A fair amount of students said they had lost or thrown away their motivation math books. Hopefully they can find them at home, or they will have to purchase new ones.
In language arts we had to spend some time re-doing their comparison charts from yesterday. Many students are still struggling with using evidence to support their statements. When forced to produce evidence, many find that their statements don’t make any sense. We will continue working on this.
We then worked on quite a few poems written from the point of view of animals. Here are the five poems the students were given in their groups. Can you identify what animal’s voice is telling the poem?
Could you tell? If not, here are the answers!
For Language Arts students are to write their own poem from the point of view of an animal. They may pick any animal they like. The poem must be at MINIMUM five lines, and I would prefer it rhymes, but that is not definite. We will be revising this and working on it more tomorrow.
In science, we are still working on work and power. The students have a review worksheet for vocabulary, and then they also went onto the messageboard, watched some study jams, and posted back with something they learned. Feel free to go here to check out their responses. (You’ll have to log in, and let me warn you that the children are addicted to smiley faces)
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tldr;
Page 67 in motivation math book
minimum 5 line poem told from the point of view of an animal of your choice
recognizing vocabulary review sheet
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Have a good day!
-Mr. Potter