So we are spending a good amount of time in math fixing some things, and a good amount of time talking about things that we will see next year in sixth grade.
Specifically we have been talking about exponents and radicals. Today/yesterday students took a good chunk of notes on radicals:
We talked about how saying something like the square root of 4 , or √4, is equivalent to raising 4 to the 1/2 power. Tonight students have a number of problems to do where they equate roots with raising numbers to fractional powers (radicals) and finding a number of square and cube roots themselves.
We spent a LOT of time today talking about how competition can be great for customers, and not so great for businesses. So does that mean that competition is good? or bad? We had some good discussion about how competition can protect customers and work for them, as businesses are forced to either produce better or cheaper products. At absolute worst, competition provides customers with choices and options.
Tonight students have a new chapter of Wally to read:
They were also supposed to have some questions to answer, but honestly I forgot to hand them out. So lucky them!
That means tonight is very very quick:
Do some math problems: RadicalsHomework
Read some Wally: WalnutsChap8
And get your reading log signed!
Tomorrow we have our scepter celebration. It’s a surprise, but it will involve eating and playing games. It should be fun!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter