And the honeymoon is over!
Today we had a very full day. We also had to go back and revisit some expectations, especially in regards to talking out and following directions.
In the morning, we did a TON of practicing multiplying using the distributive property of multiplication over addition. We eventually moved on to using this to multiply numbers with three digits. The students have five problems to do tonight using this method. We did one of the problems in class:
145 x 6
273 x 2
263 x 4
1142 x 5
324 x 4
example:
We then did a lot of work in the computer lab with science, talking about what we will need to start our class garden. We did some research on what plants need to grow, and talked about what we will need to start our garden.
The students watched this quick video, which has a fabulous scene involving cows, which they loved….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwwlm3CrRjY
We then finished up our day with a quick revisit of our reading selection on the arctic tundra. Students worked for a bit in groups trying to answer the last five comprehension questions, and their homework tonight is to finish these questions. They must not only give a letter answer, but must write a sentence explaining/proving their answer using evidence from the text.
so, tl;dr
5 math problems, done using the distributive property of multiplication over addition:
145 x 6
273 x 2
263 x 4
1142 x 5
324 x 4
Example question 324 x 4: Aug5Example
Five questions on page 142 of their motivation reading, having to do with the arctic tundra.
Have a good one!
-Mr. Potter