Today we got a lot of things done! \u00a0I don’t want to jinx it, but this has been a very productive week, and I hope that things keep going this way.<\/p>\n
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We have been looking at different primary sources from the times of the early European colonists. \u00a0This means we have been exploring points of view. \u00a0Today we talked about how different points of view can tell different parts of a story. \u00a0Depending upon the point of view, the amount of information we have access to can change. \u00a0We are going to be exploring how the point of view chosen for a book can greatly affect the story. \u00a0We also talked about 1st, 3rd, and the little known 2nd person point of view. \u00a0I’m sure we all know 1st and 3rd person, but do you know what 2nd person point of view is? \u00a0What kind of writing would be written in the 2nd person? \u00a0Ask your student today and see if they remember!<\/p>\n
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Tonight students have a few short passages to identify as being written in the 1st or 3rd person. \u00a0Then they have a paragraph to read and re-write in the 1st person.<\/p>\n
POV<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next we did a little experiment comparing the strength\u00a0of cylinders to that of rectangular prisms. \u00a0We made paper cylinders and rectangular prisms and then put books on top of them until they collapsed under the weight.<\/p>\n The actual POINT of this was to explain why our bones are shaped like cylinders as opposed to rectangular prisms. \u00a0Unfortunately we ran out of time and didn’t actually get to that part of the lesson. \u00a0However, feel free to ask your student about how many books they managed to stack on their rectangular prism or their cylinder before it collapsed. \u00a0Many students were very surprised at just how much stronger the paper cylinders were compared to paper rectangular prisms. \u00a0Tomorrow we’ll wrap this up.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finally we went crazy with more number lines. \u00a0As expected, the students did much better today. \u00a0We first made a number line that went from 0 to .5, then another that went from 0 to .3. \u00a0All the while students needed to figure out how to divide their sentence strips so that the pieces were evenly spaced. \u00a0For our last number line, we broke up our 0 to .3 number line into hundredths, which I am happy to say every single student accomplished.<\/p>\n Tonight students have another set of number line problems to do:<\/p>\n DecimalNumberLine2<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n so, tl;dr<\/p>\n Tell me 1st or 3rd person pov, and re-write the paragraph as if YOU were Buck:<\/p>\n POV<\/a><\/p>\n Tell me where some numbers lie on the number line:<\/p>\n DecimalNumberLine2<\/a><\/p>\n and as always, read!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A pretty lite load, honestly.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a good one,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today we got a lot of things done! \u00a0I don’t want to jinx it, but this has been a very productive week, and I hope that things keep going this way. We have been looking at different primary sources from the times of the early European colonists. \u00a0This means we have been exploring points … Continue reading Homework Nov 3 (Tues)<\/span>