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Next we broke into smaller groups, and talked about some reading strategies and if we are really thinking about what we are reading.<\/p>\n
We talked about some of our graphic organizers, and how they help us focus on what is really happening in a text, and whether we really understand it. \u00a0Even if Mr. Potter doesn’t say we have to, it might help us sometimes to use a graphic organizer to better help us understand something we have read!<\/p>\n
Tonight students have a neat passage to read about breaking things. \u00a0They should create a main idea organizer at the end of the passage, and make sure that their main idea includes the who\/what\/where\/when\/why (if appropriate) and explains the central message of the passage. \u00a0They should then answer some questions about the passage WITH REASONING!<\/p>\n
IBreakStuff<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It was then time for math, and we looked again at how when we are adding fractions, we must ensure that they are cut into the same size pieces. \u00a0One way to do this is to see if you can take one fraction and cut it into the same size pieces as the other fraction. \u00a0We can do this by multiplying by a form of one. \u00a0For instance we could change the form of something like 2\/3 into sixths by multiplying by 2\/2.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tonight students have 3 problems to do in this manner. \u00a0There are some examples to help them and then the problems are at the bottom:<\/p>\n AddingFractionsSep28<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finally we read some more of the Mysterious Benedict Society. \u00a0We are into the climax of the book now, and things are going totally banay-nay at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n so, tl;dr<\/p>\n Read this neat passage, create a main idea organizer, and then answer questions with reasoning:<\/p>\n IBreakStuff<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Answer the bottom three fraction addition problems, doing them as shown in the examples. \u00a0Ensure you draw a pictorial representation of each fraction (the squares). \u00a0And show me the form of one you multiplied by:<\/p>\n AddingFractionsSep28<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And as always, read! (get your agenda signed!)<\/p>\n Have a good one,<\/p>\n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" T-minus 2 days until track-out! Please remember that we are tracked out from October 1st through Wedesday, October 21st. \u00a0Second Quarter begins Thursday\u00a0, October 22nd. This morning we did a little exercise where we explored the writing process through an analogy of a sculptor sculpting clay. \u00a0Each student was given some play-doh, and we … Continue reading Homework Sep 28 (Mon)<\/span>