Today we have a bit lighter load.
We first have our 35 minutes of reading as always.
For part of that, students should read chapter 10 in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Today in class, students did some peer groups, where students TAG each other:
Tell something they liked
Ask a question
Give a suggestion
Students wrote their peer’s suggestions on the back of their first page of their writing. We then shared the suggestions to ensure they made sense and were doable.
Tonight, students should re-write at least one paragraph of their writing, focusing on the recommendation from their peers.
Finally, students have a multiplying fractions worksheet. This sheet asks students to answer in lowest terms (simplify). They should therefore multiply the fractions, and then simplify them.
If students need the sheet it is given below, with the first problem done. If you need to help your student with the homework, please focus on the fact that when simplifying, we are really dividing by 1. When we divide by 1, we don’t change the value of our fraction, we simply change the form of the number. When we divide by 2/2 we are simply dividing by a form of the number 1.