Thursday, but really a Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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Please remember that we have Saturday school this week. \u00a0This is an entire day of school, normal schedule. Breakfast and lunch will be served. \u00a0The only difference is that there is no before or after care.<\/p>\n
We started our day with more mini-assessments in math. \u00a0Students have been rating themselves on their own knowledge of certain mathematical concepts, taking mini-assessments, and then re-rating their understanding. \u00a0Next week we will focus individually on those concepts that are still giving us trouble.<\/p>\n
Word problems continue to be at the top of that list for many of us. \u00a0As a strategy, I am asking students to come up with a SENTENCE that will explain what they would have to do to solve a problem. \u00a0Essentially, state the equation in sentence form. \u00a0We did this with last night’s homework, and tonight students should do the same thing with a new list of problems. \u00a0They should state the operation they should be performing to solve the word problem, and then write out what they would do as a sentence.<\/p>\n
Here is yesterday’s homework which we did as an example:<\/p>\n
WPSentencesExample<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And tonight’s homework which they should do the same way:<\/p>\n OperationIdentification2<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We then had some really neat discussion about the field trip and whether next year’s students should go. \u00a0Last night students came up with arguments to refute their classmate’s arguments. \u00a0Many students obviously put some real thought into this, and I was impressed with their ideas. \u00a0We talked about logical fallacies, and flaws in thinking, and tried to point out any in the arguments we had so far. \u00a0We then whittled down what each side had said into 3-4 main points. \u00a0Tonight students should look at these main points, and write a simple counter-point to each, for both sides of the argument.<\/p>\n Point&Counterpoint<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next we talked about the difference between main idea and theme. \u00a0When going over the things we should know before we leave 5th grade, this was one that many were not quite sure of.<\/p>\n The main idea of a text is essentially what the selection is about. \u00a0What is going on in the story\/article\/whatever<\/p>\n The theme of a text is the author’s message. \u00a0It is what the reader should take away from the text.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For example, the Tortoise and the Hare:<\/p>\n The main idea is a Tortoise and \u00a0a Hare have a race and the Tortoise wins by plodding along while the hare takes it easy<\/p>\n The theme is ‘slow and steady wins the race’<\/p>\n Tonight students have a short selection to read. \u00a0They should write the main idea and the theme of the selection, and then answer a few questions about it.<\/p>\n Twins’ Luck Passage<\/a><\/p>\n Twins’ Luck Questions<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finally, we had just enough time to look at our review packet for science. \u00a0Students should answer the next ten questions in their ecosystems review packet tonight.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n so, tl;dr<\/p>\n identify what operation should be performed to solve each of these word problems. \u00a0Write what you would do AS A SENTENCE<\/p>\n example: WPSentencesExample<\/a><\/p>\n hwk: OperationIdentification2<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fill in this chart with counterpoints to your classmates’ arguments for or against the field trip happening again next year:<\/p>\n Point&Counterpoint<\/a><\/p>\n Read this: Twins’ Luck Passage<\/a>\u00a0and identify the main idea and theme<\/p>\n Then answer these questions: Twins’ Luck Questions<\/a><\/p>\n Answer the next ten questions in your ecosystems review packet<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And read!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a good one,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n -Mr. Potter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thursday, but really a Wednesday. Please remember that we have Saturday school this week. \u00a0This is an entire day of school, normal schedule. Breakfast and lunch will be served. \u00a0The only difference is that there is no before or after care. We started our day with more mini-assessments in math. \u00a0Students have been rating … Continue reading Homework May 28 (Thurs)<\/span>