Zebulon Middle School came and talked to our students today. It was a bit late, but they gave them some information about Zebulon Magnet as an option. I talked about Magnet schools a good bit before track out, but if you needed that information again, it is here:
Magnet application information
Today we had to revisit some of our expectations for dealing with our fellow classmates. I expect children to treat each other with respect and kindness at all times, and I take deviations from this very seriously. We had some unfortunate incidents with students saying unkind things to each other, and we can not have students thinking that this is acceptable in any way.
In math we built ourselves fraction bars, and a fraction bar game. We had a lot of fun with this, and tonight the students’ homework is to PLAY THIS GAME WITH THEIR PARENTS (or at least a sibling or friend). It is their responsibility to explain the game and to do at minimum two rounds. It’s actually good fun, so I hope you get a chance to share it with your child.
In Language Arts we continued our discussion on dialogue, and we experimented with some comics. Students took a Calvin and Hobbes strip, and filled it with their own dialogue. Tonight students should take this short strip, and write it as text only. This means they need to add explanations of the action, and other details such as the characters’ expressions and tone.
Finally we talked a bit about tornadoes in Science. Students read a short selection on tornado alley, and tonight they should answer some comprehension questions on the passage.
so, tl;dr
play the fraction bar game at least two times!
Write out a comic strip as text only
Tornado alley!
(as always, each question should have reasoning of some kind!)
Have a good one!
-Mr. Potter