Today was a bit rough.<\/p>\n
We are having some issues with calling out and talking when it is inappropriate.\u00a0 We have changed our number line behavior focus to this, and we ended our day at positive four….ooof<\/p>\n
But tomorrow is another day, and I’m confident we can become just as amazing at this as we are with our lines.<\/p>\n
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We spent a LOT of time talking about math today. \u00a0Switching to word problems has been very interesting, as we are seeing some breakdowns in understanding when students have to derive their own meaning from a problem.<\/p>\n
After going over quite a few problems as a class, students set to work in groups on some more word problems, before we had to do our vision screening today.<\/p>\n
Students have another page of word problems to do for homework tonight. \u00a0It is page 51 in their motivation math books. \u00a0They should NOT do page 50, as we will do those in groups tomorrow. \u00a0JUST page 51 please!<\/p>\n
In Language Arts we did TAG with our sneakers stories, and then talked about what our purpose and audience are for our short story. \u00a0These should determine how and what we write. \u00a0We also talked about five essential elements of stories, and what these are. \u00a0We watched a great little rap about these here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tonight, students should fill in a paper that describes the five essential elements of their sneaker story. \u00a0We will use this to focus our writing, and make sure that we are truly telling a story instead of just throwing some sentences together.<\/p>\n We did an example together, of the story of the 3 little pigs:<\/p>\n Elements_Example<\/a><\/p>\n In Science we continued our discussion of what is making our plants grow in different directions. \u00a0After doing some reading, we have narrowed down the options to photo tropism, health of the plants, and strength of the stems. \u00a0We are getting a little worried about some of our plants that might be getting too big for our planters. \u00a0We might have to move them outdoors pretty soon.<\/p>\n Finally we started talking about what we will do for our celebrations. \u00a0We have already earned TWO celebrations from getting so many paws, and are 5 paws from our THIRD! \u00a0We didn’t finish our voting, but we narrowed down our choices to electronics\/game day, marshmallow fight, or 2 days without homework. \u00a0Here’s hoping that last one doesn’t win!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ok, so tl;dr<\/p>\n P51 in motivation math<\/p>\n One piece of clean paper that describes the plot, characters, conflict, theme, and setting of their sneaker story<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also, please remember that tonight is curriculum night! \u00a0We would love to see you come out. \u00a0In case you didn’t see the letter I sent home, it is from 6-7:30pm tonight. \u00a0There is one session from 6-6:45 and another from 6:45-7:30. \u00a0It’s a good opportunity to hear about what will be happening in 5th grade, and to touch base if we haven’t had a chance to talk. \u00a0If you come out, please come up and say something to me, as I might not quite know who is who.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a good one, and hope to see you tonight!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today was a bit rough. We are having some issues with calling out and talking when it is inappropriate.\u00a0 We have changed our number line behavior focus to this, and we ended our day at positive four….ooof But tomorrow is another day, and I’m confident we can become just as amazing at this as we … Continue reading Homework Aug 14 (Thurs)<\/span>