Decimals, figurative language, and Chris Hadfield. That was our day!
First we looked over our multiplication using the standard algorithm. When we are multiplying using the algorithm, it is important that we understand what place value/power of ten we are dealing with. Tonight students have a set of simple decimal multiplication problems to work on. They should show me the first step of the standard algorithm, which will prove their place value as they start. We did the first few problems together, so they have a good set of examples:
In Language Arts we shared our kenning poems and had our partners guess our subject. We did a really great job with these overall, and the students seemed to really enjoy them.
We then talked more about using figurative language to improve our poems. Things like similes and metaphors, hyperbole and personification make our writing more interesting.
Next we looked at some poems chock-full of metaphors and symbolism. Tonight students have two poems to examine. They should identify the figurative language they see at work in the first poem by writing the figurative language used to the right of each line. They should also try to identify the subject of the poem. In the second poem, “Invictus”, they should define these 3 words:
invictus, menace, wrath
And then answer these questions:
1. How does this poem make you feel?
2. Listen to the sounds and the meaning of the words, what words stand out to you? why?
3. Does the poem remind you of anything in your own life?
4. What pictures do you see in your mind?
This should all be done in their writing journal.
Finally, we talked about Newton’s first and second laws of motion and took some notes. We played around with some lego people and had them moving down ramps carrying different amounts of mass. We found that as the mass of an object increases, it requires a greater force to move it, or to stop it. This is essentially Newton’s second law.
To wrap up our day we watched some videos about life on the international space station. We are so used to gravity and other unseen forces affecting us daily, that it is really neat to see an environment with no (minimal) gravity.
so, tl;dr
Set of decimal multiplication problems. Ensure you do them as the examples, proving your first place value:
Read these poems : identify the figurative language in the first, next to each line. Then answer these questions about the second poem, “Invictus”: (all done in their writing journal)
1. How does this poem make you feel?
2. Listen to the sounds and the meaning of the words, what words stand out to you? why?
3. Does the poem remind you of anything in your own life?
4. What pictures do you see in your mind?
Finally, write two more sentences using our next two ‘ject’ words from the vocab list.
As always, read for 35 minutes!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter