Hope you enjoyed your long weekend because we are back and already busy.<\/p>\n
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Today we spent a good amount of time looking at our past quizzes. \u00a0We looked at why we missed things:<\/p>\n
Did we not try?<\/p>\n
Did we not understand?<\/p>\n
Did we make simple mistakes?<\/p>\n
Do we need more practice?<\/p>\n
We did this because today we got our INTERIMS. \u00a0We also talked about how if we are not happy with what we have earned so far on our interims, that we are still perfectly capable of changing it.<\/p>\n
Are most of our problems not trying? \u00a0That’s an easy fix.<\/p>\n
Do we not understand? \u00a0In that case we need to be spending our center time focused on those things we haven’t mastered yet.<\/p>\n
Are we making simple mistakes? \u00a0Then we need to double check our work.<\/p>\n
Do we need more practice? \u00a0Again we need to stay focused during center times.<\/p>\n
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We also talked for a bit today about rounding decimals, but we will have to revisit that as our brains were a bit mushy after all that quiz review.<\/p>\n
Our gardens did REALLY well over the 3-day weekend, and we had tons of new growth, and quite a bit of height gain on many of our plants. \u00a0We also had Ms. Frazier come and visit us while we were working on our gardens and the students told her about their plants and their charted growth.<\/p>\n
We also spent some time in the computer lab, trying out a chat program and doing some science study jams.<\/p>\n
By the end of the day we were very tired, very hot, and our brains were very out to lunch.<\/p>\n
For homework tonight, students might have a lot, or they might have almost none.<\/p>\n
On Thursday and Friday, the students had the following classwork:<\/p>\n
P233 in Motivation reading<\/p>\n
P 231 in Motivation reading (WITH reasoning)<\/p>\n
Word Ladder<\/p>\n
WordLadderSep2<\/a><\/p>\n Writing prompt #3: (to be done in writing journal)<\/p>\n Who do you believe is the hero of the Mysterious Benedict Society? \u00a0Why? \u00a0Convince me.<\/p>\n Alternately: Who is your favorite character from the Mysterious Benedict Society? \u00a0Why? \u00a0Convince me that he\/she should be MY favorite character too.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That’s four assignments. \u00a0The students’ homework tonight is to finish any of those assignments that are not yet done. \u00a0They will all be turned in tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also, I will be out of the classroom for the rest of the week. \u00a0My wife is having a baby on Thursday, so I’ll be a bit indisposed. \u00a0I will do my best to answer e-mails, but I can’t make any promises there. \u00a0We have Mrs. Alford coming in for the rest of the week, who was a 5th grade teacher at Lockhart for some time. \u00a0The students will be in good hands. \u00a0I will do my best to update the website, but I can’t make any promises there either. \u00a0Sorry!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n so, tl;dr<\/p>\n P 231 in motivation reading WITH reasoning<\/p>\n P 233 in motivation reading<\/p>\n word ladder<\/p>\n WordLadderSep2<\/a><\/p>\n Writing prompt #3: (to be done in writing journal)<\/p>\n Who do you believe is the hero of the Mysterious Benedict Society? \u00a0Why? \u00a0Convince me.<\/p>\n Alternately: Who is your favorite character from the Mysterious Benedict Society? \u00a0Why? \u00a0Convince me that he\/she should be MY favorite character too.<\/p>\n also bring back interim signed!<\/p>\n read, and just get something signed saying you did so. \u00a0Students will receive a new reading log tomorrow.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a good one!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hope you enjoyed your long weekend because we are back and already busy. Today we spent a good amount of time looking at our past quizzes. \u00a0We looked at why we missed things: Did we not try? Did we not understand? Did we make simple mistakes? Do we need more practice? We did this … Continue reading Homework Sep 2 (Tues)<\/span>