Today was actually a beautiful day outside.
And of course we had a fundraiser during our recess ……
but then we had recess in the gym! 🙂
Today in math we talked more about converting decimals to fractions using the idea that something like 2/6 = 2 ÷ 6, and we can now do a problem like 2 ÷ 6 on paper.
We also talked about how one of our weaknesses as a class is reading comprehension when it comes to math problems. We can do the math fine, but taking a word problem like:
Five people are running a relay race. The race is six miles long. Each person runs the same length of the race. How much does each person run?
And picking out the important information and figuring out what we have to do, has been a struggle for us. This problem is really asking what is six miles divided among five people. We can do that math:
6 ÷ 5
So we will be working on strategies for reading comprehension quite a bit this quarter.
For math homework, students should do the next two rows on their converting fractions to decimals worksheet. This will leave just the bottom two rows undone.
In Language Arts, we again talked about reading comprehension, and went over the Motivation Reading passages we had done on Monday and Tuesday. Especially with questions that are ‘right there’ questions (questions where the answer is stated explicitly in the text) there is no excuse to get these incorrect. We talked about finding evidence for our answers, and constructing arguments for or against a given answer choice. The students then got a chance to defend their incorrect answers on a sheet of paper and turn it in to me. I’m looking forward to see what these arguments look like tonight, and hopefully giving out some partial credit.
Tonight in Language Arts students should write a story that incorporates their vocabulary words. I really like how creative our kids can get with these things, and I hope it helps cement these new words into their vocabularies.
We did have an assembly to talk about the school fundraiser. The students also got a packet all about it. Please take a look at them with your students tonight.
In Science, we talked again about weather, specifically today about thunderstorms. I was impressed with how the students read together in their groups about thunderstorms and answered the questions together today. We are still improving our ability to work well with others, but I liked what I saw.
tldr;
two rows of converting fractions to decimals
one story that uses all of our vocabulary words
Tomorrow is Friday! That means we have some quizzes to take!! Consider yourselves warned!
Also, remember that THERE IS SCHOOL AGAIN THIS SATURDAY. Your kids aren’t lying to you because they just love coming to school so much. It really does exist. We will be here, learning, and getting smarter.
Have a good evening
-Mr. Potter