My apologies this must be quick, as I have an appointment to keep.
Today we did more work with area models and the distributive property of multiplication over addition. We have 4 problems to do tonight, and as always, we have examples:
(The problems are at the bottom of the page)
In language Arts we kept discussing character traits, and how we can find and use evidence from the text in order to define character traits. I’m still very impressed with the character traits that our students are coming up with. We have some very expansive vocabularies in the room.
We then spent the afternoon planting our first seeds. Students planted Okra, Lettuce, Carrots, Squash (Zucchini), cucumbers, Turnips, and tomatoes. We are trying out two different types of soil, to see if one works better than another. We will be tending these seeds for the next week or so until they germinate, and then transplanting them outside in little gardens. Then we will be taking care of them, measuring our progress, harvesting our crops, and then eating them.
As it usually does, this took a good amount of time, and we didn’t have time to get to any of the students’ other assignments. Lucky them!
tl;dr
Do these 4 problems just as the examples:
Tonight is a catch up night. Students should make sure they have everything done, especially last night’s Tina/Timmy story.
Read!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter