Our first week back is going very well!<\/p>\n
This morning we got back into our normal schedule, and actually started our day with math.<\/p>\n
In the upcoming month we will go through essentially everything we have done in math up until this point. \u00a0We will fill in a few of our gaps, and we will also learn some of the standard algorithms for operations. \u00a0Today we talked a good deal about the standard algorithm for multiplying multi-digit numbers, and how we’ve been doing the same thing all along with our area model, but now we will use a short-cut.<\/p>\n
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Tonight students should do 8 multi-digit multiplication problems. \u00a0They should do these in three separate ways for each problem: area model, partial products, and the standard algorithm. \u00a0We took some notes today and did three examples. \u00a0Their homework should look EXACTLY like these examples:<\/p>\n
StandardMultAlgorithmNotes<\/a><\/p>\n These are their problems:<\/p>\n 1. 15 x 8 <\/p>\n In language arts we talked a good deal about poems, and did some “see, think, wonder” readers responses, where we said what we saw in our mind when we read the poems, what we thought about, and what we wondered about.<\/p>\n The poems from yesterday were mostly well done, but we had a problem with focus for some of them. \u00a0 So tonight, students should write a three stanza poem, where they write their own see, think, wonder BEFORE they write their poem. \u00a0They should write down:<\/p>\n I want the reader to see……<\/p>\n I want the reader to think about….<\/p>\n I want the reader to wonder about\/feel …….<\/p>\n This should hopefully give them some focus for their poem.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We also read and analyzed this together:<\/p>\n In Flanders fields the poppies blow We are the Dead. Short days ago Take up our quarrel with the foe: \n I love this poem, and if you get a chance tonight, ask your student what they thought\/felt about it.<\/p>\n \n Finally, we spent some time in the computer lab reading some science books on Big Universe. \u00a0If you haven’t taken a look at this website, it’s a neat little online library, that students also have access to at home.<\/p>\n their log-in is wcp######, where ###### is their lunch number<\/p>\n their password is their lunch number<\/p>\n the group name is wcpss<\/p>\n \n Today they read some books on gravity, and took an on-line quiz about it. \u00a0Our average was an 80%, which is not too shabby.<\/p>\n \n so, tl;dr<\/p>\n write a 3 stanza poem, with a real topic\/focus<\/p>\n establish this by first answering (and writing down) these:<\/p>\n What do I want my reader to see?<\/p>\n What do I want my reader to think?<\/p>\n What do I want my reader to wonder\/feel?<\/p>\n \n Do the following 8 multiplication problems in 3 ways: area model, partial products, and standard algorithm. \u00a0Do them EXACTLY as we did them in our notes today:\u00a0StandardMultAlgorithmNotes<\/a><\/p>\n 1. 15 x 8 \n As always, read read read!<\/p>\n \n Have a good one,<\/p>\n \n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our first week back is going very well! This morning we got back into our normal schedule, and actually started our day with math. In the upcoming month we will go through essentially everything we have done in math up until this point. \u00a0We will fill in a few of our gaps, and we will … Continue reading Homework April 22 (Wed)<\/span>
\n2. 26 x 3
\n3. 88 x 7
\n4. 45 x 32
\n5. 68 x 25
\n6. 75 x 22
\n7. 145 x 56
\n8. 257 x 46<\/p>\n
\nBetween the crosses, row on row,
\nThat mark our place; and in the sky
\nThe larks, still bravely singing, fly
\nScarce heard amid the guns below.<\/p>\n
\nWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
\nLoved and were loved, and now we lie
\nIn Flanders fields.<\/p>\n
\nTo you from failing hands we throw
\nThe torch; be yours to hold it high.
\nIf ye break faith with us who die
\nWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow
\nIn Flanders fields.<\/p>\n
\n2. 26 x 3
\n3. 88 x 7
\n4. 45 x 32
\n5. 68 x 25
\n6. 75 x 22
\n7. 145 x 56
\n8. 257 x 46<\/p>\n