I am very sorry about no update yesterday. The FTP server for the website went down and I couldn’t actually upload anything.
So today we had this FANTASTIC discussion about government. We talked about the different types of government, and who is ‘in charge’ in the different types.
This led us to a discussion of laws, and who really makes the laws in our country. We also did a neat little thought experiment where we talked about whether it is ever ok to break a rule, or break a law. We imagined we were young adults with kids of our own, and what we would do for them. Ask your student about it!
Tonight students have a small passage to re-read, and a few questions to answer. Yes, I expect reasoning!
Students should also do vocabulary squares for the next 3 words on our vocabulary list. Our list so far is:
accessible
accessory
concede
exceed
intercede
precede
In math today we took a good amount of notes, and talked again about the standard algorithm for dividing.
It is extremely important that students are thinking about what they are doing in their heads as they perform this algorithm. Not only will this deepen their understanding of the process and division in general, it will also help them avoid simple mistakes. If they are saying in their head “Next I divide my 20 tenths into 4 equal groups” they aren’t going to put your answer into the hundredths place.
We also talked about how every division problem is just a fraction waiting to happen. For instance…
2 ÷10 = 2/10
3 ÷ 10 = 3/10
9 ÷ 10 = 9/10
We then proved this with some of the standard algorithm.
Tonight students have 4 division problems to do. They should attempt these using the standard algorithm. However if they feel more comfortable doing them with money, that is a fine place to start.
19 ÷ 5 =
31 ÷ 4 =
3 ÷ 4 =
9 ÷ 10 =
No remainders here! We know how to work with decimals!
so, tl;dr
Types of government:
Next 3 words on vocab list
Four division problems using the standard algorithm
19 ÷ 5 =
31 ÷ 4 =
3 ÷ 4 =
9 ÷ 10 =
And read!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter