I have a fairly important announcement to make. Please see the bottom of the post for more information.
Today we were focused on our projects. For the rest of this week and the beginning of next this will be the majority of our days.
In science we are continuing to research biomes. I am constantly reminding students to use this time wisely to get as much information as possible read and written down in their own words. The better their research is done, the easier the rest of the project will be. We talked especially about how they will need to research specific animals to figure out who eats whom in their biome. This will make it possible to create a food web.
We also finally got a chance to measure our plants today during a lull in the rain. We had quite a bit of new growth and seeds that have sprouted. Rain isn’t all bad!
In Writing we continued to work on our Bad Road for Cats version 2. Today we shared our ideas with the class. Many students have some REALLY neat ideas, and I’m looking forward to reading their stories. Some students created characters that were non-human, and I like how they are adjusting their story to deal with that.
Tonight students should continue to do at least *some* writing. I expect the rough draft to be multiple pages written. Students should also write double spaced. This is so we have space for a good deal of revising.
Students should also finish their last two words of the vocab list tonight.
In math we continued to play the banker and boss game and talk about a standard way to divide something. Tomorrow we will work together to come up with a standard algorithm for division.
Thank you so much to all of the parents that were able to do the math homework with the students last night. Many students today were very happy to talk about doing their work with their parents. I know it’s extra work to ask of you, but the kids really like sharing with you what they are learning in class. Tonight I would like you to please attempt two more problems with your student. I would also like for students to attempt to do the problem using long division, and think of parallels between the two.
so, tl;dr
Biome research at home if you would like. You should have plenty of time to get this done at school, however
Get some writing started of your A Bad Road For Cats Version 2
Finish the vocab squares for this week’s list
Do some more banker boss and attempt the standard algorithm for long division. Do you see what’s going on?
and read!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter
Announcement: Unfortunately I will be transferring schools at the beginning of the second quarter. I sent home a letter today addressing this. Please read this letter, and if you have any questions or anything you would like to discuss, contact me. I am attaching the letter here as well: