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<\/a><\/p>\nThe kids had some really great thoughts and questions about this picture. \u00a0Afterwards we talked about Cortez and Montezuma, and their not exactly mutually beneficial relationship.<\/p>\n
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We also talked a bit about the writing process, and how we will be using our process as we continue writing throughout the year.<\/p>\n
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Tonight students have a short passage to read about Jamestown, and some questions to answer. \u00a0They should ONLY answer questions 1-5, and they should of course have reasoning!<\/p>\n
Jamestown<\/a><\/p>\n We then went outside and saw that our plants are growing vegetables all over the place. \u00a0We had some GIGANTIC radishes, as well as a tiny carrot we harvested, and also a cucumber. \u00a0We have some tomatoes to look forward to as long as it doesn’t get *too* cold in the upcoming week, and our corn was starting to stalk as well. \u00a0Keep your fingers crossed for us.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the end of the day we talked a good deal about the different mathematical operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. \u00a0We took some notes on multiplication and division. \u00a0At this point our goal is to understand what kind of problems each operation is used to solve. \u00a0In order to do this we need to understand what each operation is used for:<\/p>\n Addition – combining<\/p>\n subtraction – finding difference<\/p>\n multiplication – repeated equal groups (repeated addition)<\/p>\n division – how many ___ are in ___ (repeated subtraction)<\/p>\n This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it is where we are starting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tonight students have a page of word problems to examine. \u00a0They should NOT solve these problems. \u00a0Instead, they should fill out some blanks about HOW to solve the problem and how they know this. \u00a0We did 3 examples together, and the students should do the next four problems, which means they are only doing the first 7 of the 10 word problems. \u00a0 As always examples are attached:<\/p>\n DeterminingOperations<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n so, tl;dr<\/p>\n welcome back!<\/p>\n Answer 1-5 about Jamestown (WITH REASONING!)<\/p>\n Jamestown<\/a><\/p>\n Do problems 1-7 in the template given (1-3 we did together and are provided as examples)<\/p>\n DeterminingOperations<\/a><\/p>\n And as always, read!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a good one,<\/p>\n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n P.S. Our first field trip of the year will be on December 15th to the Museum of Natural Sciences. \u00a0More information will go home next Monday, as will report cards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WELCOME BACK!!! Today was an absolutely fantastic first day back. \u00a0All of the children were bleary, disoriented, and had no idea what was going on. \u00a0I wish every day could be like this \ud83d\ude09 This morning we shared our track-out experiences in groups, and then each group put together their own experiences to write a … Continue reading Homework Oct 22 (Thurs)<\/span>