Please note students received a good load of paperwork for parents tonight. \u00a0Please take a look at the sheets and fill them out if you would. \u00a0Also included was information about our first APTT session, which is next Thursday the 1st of September. \u00a0I would love to see all parents there, especially those whom I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting face to face.<\/p>\n
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How is it already Wednesday?!<\/p>\n
This morning was a whirlwind of area models, multiplication, and a bit of talk about decimals. \u00a0Thankfully many students remembered that when we talk about numbers to the right of the decimal point, we are really just talking about fractions.<\/p>\n
Tonight students should continue their work with area models. \u00a0The bottom two problems here are a *bit* tricky. \u00a0Think about how you solve problems using the distributive property of multiplication over addition. \u00a0If you know some values, I’m pretty sure you can figure out the unknowns!<\/p>\n
DPOMOA Aug 24<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In language Arts we talked about character traits for just a little bit, and then got into some discussion about reader’s response. \u00a0Essentially our reader’s response writing should be our current thinking about whatever we are reading. \u00a0What are you wondering? \u00a0Are you curious about what happens next? \u00a0Are you perplexed by the actions of a character? \u00a0Did something happen in the book that upset you? That worried you?<\/p>\n Students will be recording these thoughts in their reader’s response journals. \u00a0We also copied down some good starters for our reader’s response:<\/p>\n ReadersResponsePrompts<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tonight students should pick one of the prompts, and write a response to what they are reading. \u00a0They may either respond to The Mysterious Benedict Society, which we are reading together, or they may respond to the book they are currently reading on their own.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Students then read their Tina\/Timmy stories to each other. \u00a0They did a WONDERFUL job with these, and had a good time sharing them. \u00a0Most students were able to guess what character trait their partner was aiming for, which shows they did a good job writing a character that displays that trait.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In science we got a lot more done with our seeds. \u00a0Each group finished up planting their seeds, and then we made some observations about the seeds and our actions so far. \u00a0We recorded these in our science journals. \u00a0Some of our seeds even looked to be germinating already. \u00a0I was quite surprised by that, and the students were delighted.<\/p>\n Finally at the end of the day we went into the computer lab where students logged into IXL. \u00a0IXL is a program that has been purchased by our school to assist children with math, language arts, and science. \u00a0Students log in, and they can work through sets of problems and topics that are relevant to 5th grade. \u00a0They can also go back to other grades and even ahead for enrichment. \u00a0It will be slowly worked into our daily rotations. \u00a0Students are welcome to use IXL at home if they would like. \u00a0Our login page can be found under the ‘General Links’ tab above.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n so, tl;dr<\/p>\n Work with some area models<\/p>\n DPOMOA Aug 24<\/a><\/p>\n Write a response to what you are currently reading, or to The Mysterious Benedict Society. \u00a0Use one of the prompts we wrote down in our Reader’s Response Journal.<\/p>\n ReadersResponsePrompts<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n and please read!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a good one,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Please note students received a good load of paperwork for parents tonight. \u00a0Please take a look at the sheets and fill them out if you would. \u00a0Also included was information about our first APTT session, which is next Thursday the 1st of September. \u00a0I would love to see all parents there, especially those whom I … Continue reading Homework Aug 24 (Wed)<\/span>