What a great day. We got tons of stuff done, and we were focused for most of the day. I love this class.
We started off talking about fractions and our equations from last night. Having to work backwards to an equation from an answer was somewhat of a challenge for many students. This really shows how strong of a handle they have on the math involved. We corrected quite a few mistakes and misunderstandings. Some of our students figured out that if the answer is 5/9, that 5 divided by 9 would give us an answer of 5/9. That is a fantastic connection to make.
Tonight students should take ANOTHER step back in regards to these answers. They should look at the equation they came up with, and write a word problem that describes that equation. We did one or two as an example, and I am hopeful that they can do this successfully.
Here are the problems again in case you need them:
In Language Arts we looked at a LOT of poems. We focused today on point of view, and how the author’s point of view greatly influences a poem. It can alter everything from subject matter to tone. Tonight students have a poem to write, and a poem to analyze.
First, students should write a poem from the point of view of a normal everyday object. It can be anything really, and these oftentimes end up like little riddles. Here is mine:
open, shut
open, shut
I’m tired of this
I’m in a rut
put your hand out before I close
oops too late
I bonked your nose!
Secondly, students should read “I still have everything you gave me”, and answer these questions:
Who wrote this?
Why do you think they wrote this?
Who are they talking to?
Make a connection to this poem
We also received a new vocab list containing ‘graph’ words. Students should write a sentence for each of the first four tonight. They are all nouns. I expect them to be used correctly!
Finally, we talked about forces, acceleration, speed, mass, and all that good stuff. Here is a question for you, that nobody in our class got the first time:
If I apply a constant, unbalanced force to an object, what will happen to the speed of the object?
Will it increase, then plateau? (speed up, and then keep moving at a constant speed?)
Will it increase without stopping? (continue to move faster and faster?)
Will it increase and then decrease? (speeds up, then slows down?)
We played with this neat tool to figure out the answer:
See if you know the answer. If not, try to figure it out with the simulation!
so, tl;dr
Write 6 word problems to go with the equations you wrote yesterday
Write a poem from the p.o.v. of an everyday object
Answer these questions about “I still have everything you gave me”: (and yes I know the last one isn’t a question)
Who wrote this?
Why do you think they wrote this?
Who are they talking to?
Make a connection to this poem
We also got a new list of vocab words! Come in with a sentence for the first four tomorrow.
As always, read and get your reading log signed.
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter