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I really must apologize for the lack of updates this week. \u00a0I had been feeling quite under the weather since Saturday, and did not get a thing done at all over the weekend. \u00a0I then made a poor decision to come to school Monday, went home early, and then missed yesterday altogether.<\/p>\n
As such, I am quite a bit behind on things, and I am sorry for that.<\/p>\n
Today, we started to really talk about decimals, and place value with decimals. \u00a0We had been working quite a bit with play money recently, and that helped us with our discussions today. \u00a0Students have a decimal place value worksheet to do tonight, to practice their understandings, and naming conventions. \u00a0They should have TWO answers for each question. \u00a0One should give the value of the underlined digit, and the other answer should be the decimal re-written as a fraction. \u00a0This re-written number is actually how we name our decimals.<\/p>\n
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3.42<\/span>6<\/p>\n their first answer would be 2\/100, since the underlined digit has a value of two hundredths. \u00a0Their second answer would be 3 and 426\/1000 since that is the equivalent fraction, and also how we name our decimals: three and four hundred twenty six thousandths.<\/p>\n Here is the worksheet, with the first done as an example:<\/p>\n Decimal_Place_Value_Aug20<\/a><\/p>\n In Language Arts we read a selection about polar bears and their disappearing habitat. \u00a0This ties in nicely to our talks in science about ecosystems, producers, consumers, and all that jazz.<\/p>\n Students have five questions to answer tonight about their reading selection. \u00a0They are on page 162 of their motivation reading book. \u00a0As always, each answer should be accompanied by at minimum a sentence explaining or proving their answer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Science we finally transplanted our little seedlings into bigger containers.<\/p>\n We all got COMPLETELY soaked and TOTALLY dirty!<\/p>\n It was great. \u00a0Many of the children had never done any gardening like this before, and were surprised at what hard work it was. \u00a0I am definitely sending your children home a little rougher for the wear. \u00a0Sorry about that!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n so, tl;dr<\/p>\n one worksheet on decimals\/place value<\/p>\n 5 questions on page 162 in motivation reading<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I will get caught up with website and other stuff by Saturday, and ‘Monday’ folders will be going home tomorrow.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n P.S. Picture day is tomorrow! \u00a0Send your children in their absolute best clothes that are in no way comfortable. \u00a0They love it, trust me!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a good one<\/p>\n <\/p>\n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Long time no post! I really must apologize for the lack of updates this week. \u00a0I had been feeling quite under the weather since Saturday, and did not get a thing done at all over the weekend. \u00a0I then made a poor decision to come to school Monday, went home early, and then missed … Continue reading Homework Aug 20 (Wed)<\/span>