Fractions Fractions Fractions!
We need soooooo much more practice on fraction word problems. For some students, we’re starting to make some headway, but many of us are still stuck on being able to model the question or create an image in our head of what is going on.
Tonight students have another small set of word problems to do. They should use bar models or draw a picture to help them model the problem, and then perform the correct operation according to the model.
THE WORD PROBLEM BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES
In Language Arts we talked more about figurative language and especially hyperbole. We also spent a LOT of time writing and re-writing our introductory paragraphs to our weather research paper.
Some students are doing some very interesting things with their papers: Some students are taking on and writing from the persona of a hurricane. Other students are writing as if they were a weatherperson. It’s pretty neat.
Tonight students have a set of sentences to identify as hyperbole or not.
They also have a set of lines from poems, and they should identify the figurative language being used, and explain their answer.
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In Science we kept up our discussion of the Iditarod race, and our examination of the weather along the race. Many students had good predictions about today (fair and clear, no precipitation). However the barometer keeps dropping, and we talked about what that might imply for the weather along the race trail.
Tonight students have a quick mix and match sheet where they unscramble the names of weather instruments, and then match them to their pictures and explanation of their use.
so tl;dr
WORD PROBLEMS!!
identify the hyperboles!
Identify the figurative language!
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Identify the weather tools!
and read read read!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter