Happy Toes’Day….
Better late than never.
Similar to how we started off last night:
1. Math Night is on Wednesday evening. 6 to 8 p.m. There will be some presentations going on, games in my room and other teachers’ rooms and I will be available to discuss Common Core & Acclaim math strategies.
2. If you son or daughter are going or not going to camp, we really could use that form returned ASAP. Also if you up to have a blast with your child and helping out the community please consider signing up to be a camp chaperon.
FYI about camp: Next Thursday night is the Camp Information night. It will be in the Multi Purpose Room and the primary speaker there will be a camp naturalist or two from the camp itself. Plus I will be there as well, I may be distracted trying to follow the Niners football game however I will physically be there.
Today’s events:
We read in the morning. I am surprised by the amount of students who still claim not to have chosen their trimester book project. This is a project that includes six distinct sections and can not be properly completed in an evening or two. Therefore students are strongly encouraged to read their book sooner rather than later.
Maniac Magee --
Our discussion went deeper about how ignorance of other cultures or “people” can lead someone to make “weird” or “negative” assumptions about them. We discussed about how Grayson seems like a real kind and nice person based upon how he works with & cares for Maniac Magee. Yet he clearly had some wrong ignorant assumption about black families.
We also enjoyed how Grayson and Maniac continue to deepen their friendship and it appears that once again Maniac has found a home.
Math:
Please note that we had a long talk about last night’s decomposing homework. About 40% of the class showed grit and determination, they reviewed their notes, and they persevered through a new concept. These everyday acts of heroism and not given up especially when being asked to extend past your comfort zone is when self discipline and real learning takes place.
Now having said that, for those that did persevere I understood it took an unacceptable amount of time. I even role-modeled problem #6 which I did not realize involve two numbers greater than one million and took me 2/3rds of a page to complete. I LOVE decomposing and even I thought it was a tad overkill. So the homework has been modified so the students are to use decomposing but on only 10 problems. I want them trying to “play” with the numbers, decompose (i.e. modify) the numbers and this will take time since it is so new to them. So rather than the traditional “give me 30 problems where you simply remember to steal 1 from the number on the left and put a 1 on the number above” or “carry over (where they really have no concept what or whom they are carrying over). I want them playing around and combining numbers to add and subtract.
After math we had Tech Tuesday and Constitution Day celebration.
This holiday became official in 2004 when it was an amendment added to an omnibus spending bill. Click here to read about the holiday.
I love how our legislative body works where a national holiday is simply added onto a spending bill.
So we spent time watching Constitution movies on www.brainpop.com, playing a game of checks and balances on www.brainpop.com and we enjoyed videos by the social study rap and hip hop group http://smartsongs.org/
The kids were really into the talk about some of the Bill of Rights more so than the checks and balances in our government. So maybe ask them about house of soldiers, double jeopardy and cruel and unusual punishment.
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
Homework for the week:
Math:
Page 38 1-8 and 11-12 odd problems can be done whatever way they choose/even problems must use the decompose methods found in their notebook. due Wednesday
Page 40-41 (ten problems) odd problems can be done whatever way they choose/even problems must use the decompose methods found in their notebook. due Thursday
Page 46-47 1-14 It is multiple choice however YOU MUST SHOW YOUR WORK. Don’t bring in a piece of paper with 14 random letters.
L.A. and History Block
History Book 171-174 due on Wednesday
History Book 175-178 due Friday
Simile and Metaphor handout will be unique and due on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning.
Think of Five Companies that you would like to invest our classroom money in. Include 2 to 5 sentences why you believe this will be a profitable company for our class.
Free Write due on Friday
A “free” free-write. Write one page or 20 minutes on any subject or topic that you want to write about.
Read 20 minutes
**less than 1 month until the trimester book project is due.
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