September 10, 2013 Day 9-Week 3

Tuesday

A quick one today.

We switched things up and did math early in the day due to the math test.  

We reviewed last night’s homework and then discussed tonight’s homework regarding using “mental math” and this week’s lessons on rounding.  Essentially these lessons are real world math skills that people use frequently when confronted with numbers outside of a math class.  I discussed people use these skills when they need to quickly estimate or figure out a guesstimate and being accurate isn't paramount.  

We then took our first math test of the year.  

We had a long discussion about being safe on the internet, protecting your password and how easily it is to acquire spyware/virus when suffering the internet.  We also discussed how to log onto the computers in the computer lab.  

We then had our first technology hour in the computer lab today.  There were some challenges, some inexplicable computer happenings and there was not air-conditioning in our antiquated computer lab.  

We then discussed expectations for tomorrow’s brain dissection, we discussed the reptilian brain  and then we began discussing this amazing video that changed how I view stress & the brain.  If you have 12 minutes, I would strongly recommend watching it.  

Please note since we will be doing Brain Week reflection during Wednesday and Thursday evening, I further lessened the reading requirement for the week (see the changes below in weekly homework).

Kind regards,

Mr. Hubbard

Homework for the week:

Math:

Page 25 1-26 all due on Wednesday

Page 28-29 1-29 all due Thursday

Page 30-31 1039 all due Friday

Blazing Arrow due Wednesday

Language Arts and History:

The Female Moses due Thursday

Social studies book: 167-170 due Wednesday

Vocab Cards due on Friday:

legislative branch, congress, executive branch, veto, judicial branch, federalism, suffrage, safeguard, patriotic and National Anthem

Free-Write due Friday:

What’s something you've won and how did you win it?

Read 20 minutes every evening

parent autograph

Brain Week Work:  (due on Wed., Thursday and Friday)

What did you learn about the human brain and how will this make you a better student?