Homework on a Friday?!

 

Well, not really.  But students MUST get some reading done this weekend.

 

I was very happy that every student that came in today had a rough draft to turn in.

 

We spent our morning reviewing the math skills we had learned this quarter:

finding equivalent fractions

adding/subtracting/multiplying fractions

 

We then just stuck our foot into the pool of dividing with fractions.  We will explore this a LOT more in 4th quarter, but today we just talked about how we can turn division problems into multiplication problems, and vice versa.  Just like we can turn addition problems into subtraction problems, and vice versa.

4 ÷ 1/2 = 4 x 2/1

3 x 4 = 3 ÷ 1/4

 

3 + 4 = 3 –  (-4)

3 – 4 = 3 + (-4)

 

Next we talked about figurative language, and what we know about onomatopoeia and alliteration.  I LOVE alliteration.  I have read Dr. Seuss’ ABC book probably 100 times, and read the students some of my favorite parts.  We then wrote some of our own sentences about donuts, using alliteration.  It was distinctively delicious.

 

We then took our weekly math and language arts quizzes.  I was impressed with how most of the class really took their time this week, and many double checked their work.  I went on a tirade this morning about making sure you are actually answering the question that is being asked, and hopefully some of it stuck.

 

We quickly reviewed conduction, convection, and radiation, and then took a short quiz on that as well.  This is still a bit of a rocky area for many of the students, and we need to keep talking about it until they can process the differences and fit them into their own ideas about how things work.

 

We closed our day with a trip to the computer lab where we took our STAR test.  These tests help us gauge students’ vocabulary and language arts aptitude.

 

This weekend, students need to get finished with their third North Carolina Children’s Book Awards book.  They have three summaries (one per book) due to me by next Friday.

 

They also have their final draft of their paper due next Friday.  I will read the rough drafts over the weekend, and give them back on Monday with any ideas for changes or corrections.

 

So, tl;dr

Have a good weekend and read!!

 

-Mr. Potter