20 minutes of typing practice. We have several students typing 25+ words per minute with an error rate less than 5%!!! The time putting into typing practice is really starting to pay off; I know this because of students that transfer from other districts that did not have software for kids to practice come in typing less than 10 words per minute and hunting/pecking style. This time spent will, if not already, pay off in big dividends during middle school and beyond.
Math:
More practice with multiplying & dividing decimals and multiplying & dividing fractions. Every student took a 36 question test today on these four concepts. Upon completing the test, they will be assigned lessons to review again about these concepts.
2nd Trimester Reflections...
I was inspired by this recent blog entry:
CLICK HERE TO read the Daniel Pink article on student reflection
So I asked our students to give some thought to their effort and work in the 2nd trimester. Here is the form that they completed today:
CLICK HERE TO see their self reflection survey
Math Integers...
More work with positive and negative integers.
Tonight’s lessons are on greater than and less than between two integers.
The key concept to emphasize with son/daughter is that -200 is far less than -5;
Language Arts:
We reviewed the key vocabulary for the week. So most people should have completed page 273;
customs, reputation, inherited, raid, extended, vision, determination, and respect
We also reviewed grammar lessons for the week:
Subject and Object Pronouns
Should it be I or Me?
Here are some great resources about this week’s lessons:
CLICK HERE for grammar resources for theme 5
P.E.
Have a great evening,
Mr. Hubbard
Homework for the week:
Math
Page 344-345 1-39 all due on Wednesday
Page 346-347 1-21 all due on Thursday
Page 349-350 1-32 all due on Friday
CLICK HERE FOR Notes from today’s lesson:
Related Khan Academy Videos to this chapter’s lessons:
CLICK HERE for this chapters Khan Videos
Reading comprehension due by Friday:
A Boy Called Slow
Read 468-485
P.B. 275
Answer two masterpieces on-line in complete sentences, with complete thoughts and refer back to the book.
Take the AR quiz
Grammar due Thursday
Page 283, 284, and 285
Vocabulary Work all due on Wednesday
CLICK HERE FOR this week's spelling/vocab list
Sentences and definitions due Wednesday
P.B. 273, 278 and 282
Free-Write this week:
Take the edit feedback from peers, clean up your story and be prepared to have it 98% done.
CLICK HERE for all of the instructions and how to access every one's short-story
Famous American Report:
http://www.box.net/shared/4idhdcrbhs
Here are the high level due dates:Rough Draft due Friday, March 18, 2011
Final copy due Friday, April 15, 2011
**students should be making significant progress right now on this. This is not something that can painlessly be put together in one or two evenings. ****
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