shapes shapes and more shapes!<\/p>\n
Our talks about shapes, area, and the way we classify objects have been going very well. \u00a0The students seem to have dusted out their head-cobwebs, and lots of things are suddenly clicking, or at least being remembered.<\/p>\n
Tonight students again have some classifications to do. \u00a0For the shapes they must classify, they should list everything that each shape is. \u00a0That means square isn’t sufficient. \u00a0I want polygon, quadrilateral, parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus, and square. \u00a0For the questions that ask them to draw a shape, any example will do.<\/p>\n
ShapeClassificationNov19<\/a><\/p>\n In case they need it, here is the hierarchy chart from yesterday (that they SHOULD have in their math journal!)<\/p>\n QuadrilateralHierarchy<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Language Arts we had some problems (hah!) comparing problem and solution with cause and effect text structures. \u00a0On yesterday’s homework many students confused the two, and we talked about how with cause and effect, we are given something that occurred, and the reasons for WHY it occurred. \u00a0With problem and solution, we are given something that has occurred\/is a problem, and the solutions for it. \u00a0They are quite similar, and mixing up the two is common.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tonight, students have to take a short passage that we classified together as cause and effect, and re-write it as a problem solution. \u00a0We used a graphic organizer to identify the cause and effect stated in the passage. \u00a0For their own paragraph, students should identify the problem, and then come up with 1-2 solutions to that problem. \u00a0They should write a paragraph, using the problem and solution text structure to express their ideas for solving the coral reef dilemma.<\/p>\n ProblemSolutionPromptNov18<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Science \u00a0most students should be done with their rough draft graphing of plant growth. \u00a0We will be comparing our growth charts, and then finding some information about rainfall and temperature to which we can compare our data. \u00a0I wonder what kind of connections we can make…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n so, tl;dr<\/p>\n One page of classifying shapes<\/p>\n ShapeClassificationNov19<\/a><\/p>\n write a short paragraph using problem-solution talking about the dying coral reefs<\/p>\n ProblemSolutionPromptNov18<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As always, read for 35 mins!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a good one,<\/p>\n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" shapes shapes and more shapes! Our talks about shapes, area, and the way we classify objects have been going very well. \u00a0The students seem to have dusted out their head-cobwebs, and lots of things are suddenly clicking, or at least being remembered. Tonight students again have some classifications to do. \u00a0For the shapes they must … Continue reading Homework Nov 18 (Tues)<\/span>