Uh-oh….Track-out-itis is beginning to show in some of our students already! \u00a0We still have over a week left, however, and we won’t be slowing down until 2:55pm next Friday.<\/p>\n
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Math seems to be coming along well for many. \u00a0We’ll be wrapping up multiplication soon and moving on to division with decimals. \u00a0The students have already been doing division with manipulatives (money) in the boss\/banker center, but we’ll be talking about doing it on an abstract level soon.<\/p>\n
Tonight we will follow our normal routine and do 3 multiplication problems, all to be done with area models. \u00a0After some prodding, I agreed to do one together as an example, so it is here too:<\/p>\n
33.3 x 25<\/p>\n
.14 x .63<\/p>\n
0.003 x 0.41<\/p>\n
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example 0.003 x 0.41:<\/p>\n
DecimalMultExampleSep16<\/a><\/p>\n In Language Arts we talked some about the Mysterious Benedict Society, and the author’s choice of characters. \u00a0In particular we talked about SQ, who is a character on Mr. Curtain’s (the bad guy’s) side. \u00a0SQ is very silly, absent-minded, and generally likable. \u00a0He also has been very good to the children so far, and treats them well. \u00a0Why do we think the author included such a character in his book? \u00a0Tonight the students should write a minimum half-page response to why they believe the author included this character in the book.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Science we are trying to think more critically about ecosystems and the effects changes have on them. \u00a0We looked at our pond ecosystem from our discussion yesterday, and thought about what might happen if we were to remove things from it. \u00a0Would it have an effect on the other organisms in the ecosystem? \u00a0Would it affect more than one organism? \u00a0Would the ecosystem be able to survive? \u00a0We started some of these questions but did not get time to finish them, so they will be homework tomorrow, instead of today.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In their place, we have a very simple ecosystem reading\u00a0sheet, and some comprehension questions to go along with it.<\/p>\n EcosystemsSep16<\/a><\/p>\n so, tl;dr<\/p>\n 3 math problems<\/p>\n 33.3 x 25<\/p>\n .14 x .63<\/p>\n 0.003 x 0.41<\/p>\n DecimalMultExampleSep16<\/a><\/p>\n A minimum half-page response to the question: \u00a0Why did the author of the Mysterious Benedict Society choose to include a character like SQ in his book?<\/p>\n Review Ecosystem sheet<\/p>\n EcosystemsSep16<\/a><\/p>\n Have a good day!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Uh-oh….Track-out-itis is beginning to show in some of our students already! \u00a0We still have over a week left, however, and we won’t be slowing down until 2:55pm next Friday. Math seems to be coming along well for many. \u00a0We’ll be wrapping up multiplication soon and moving on to division with decimals. \u00a0The students have … Continue reading Homework Sep 17 (Wed)<\/span>