Today we finally finished the Night Gardener!<\/p>\n
It was a truly fantastic book, with an interesting story, lots of great cliff-hangers, and a satisfying ending. \u00a0Ask your student about it!<\/p>\n
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This morning we got a good amount done, and finished a full round of rotations.<\/p>\n
We read some more about the events leading up to the revolutionary war, and how the U.S. and Great Britain were not exactly getting along. \u00a0Tonight students have some questions to answer about yesterday’s reading.<\/p>\n
Declaration_Of_Independence_Questions<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We talked about the standard algorithm for division in small groups, and the majority of students are really starting to understand how this algorithm works, and relate it to all of our work with the play money.<\/p>\n Tonight students have four problems to do. \u00a0Just like yesterday, they should explain what is going on for each line. \u00a0I know this may seem a bit much to some, but our goal is for students to UNDERSTAND what they are doing. \u00a0Simply saying first do this, then this, then this, without any actual underlying understanding, is a waste of their time.<\/p>\n 37.4 \u00f7 2<\/p>\n 1.41 \u00f7 3<\/p>\n 41.6 \u00f7 5<\/p>\n 310.4 \u00f7 \u00a02<\/p>\n And in case you need them, here are yesterday’s notes for this:<\/p>\n Stand_Alg_Notes_Feb29<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Students should also do the next three words on their vocab list:<\/p>\n TractVocabList<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today many students had to re-do their vocab squares. \u00a0Many had used the definition of contract as an agreement between parties, or the document that is signed. \u00a0On our vocab list we are using contract as a verb, meaning to become smaller\/shorter\/narrower, etc. \u00a0They should pay close attention tonight to ensure they are using the word in the correct way as indicated by the vocab list!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n so, tl;dr<\/p>\n Answer questions about the events leading up to the revolutionary war:<\/p>\n Declaration_Of_Independence_Questions<\/a><\/p>\n Do some division problems, stating what is going on for each line:<\/p>\n 37.4 \u00f7 2<\/p>\n 1.41 \u00f7 3<\/p>\n 41.6 \u00f7 5<\/p>\n 310.4 \u00f7 \u00a02<\/p>\n Finish the next 3 vocab squares:<\/p>\n TractVocabList<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n and read!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a good one,<\/p>\n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today we finally finished the Night Gardener! It was a truly fantastic book, with an interesting story, lots of great cliff-hangers, and a satisfying ending. \u00a0Ask your student about it! This morning we got a good amount done, and finished a full round of rotations. We read some more about the events leading up … Continue reading Homework Mar 1 (Tues)<\/span>