Holy pi!! We were blessed with a cornucopia of delicious pies on Friday’s Pi Day. We ran the gamut of pies from delicious “personal” chicken pot pies, various fruit pies (apple, peach, strawberry/rhubarb, cherry, and berries), coconut cream, banana cream, chocolate cream, pumpkin pie, and even “root beer pie.” Thank you to everyone who donated a pie on Friday, the kids really enjoyed them. As a follow up have them explain to you why ordering a larger pizza is money better spent than purchasing a smaller pizza.
Today we had a great Soul Shoppe assembly. “I” messages, “the clean up” and appreciating the diversity of each other.
Dead President Report!! We went over the deadlines and the discussed the expectations on Friday and Monday. Today the students should have brought home the written expectations. Their first task is to find one or two books about their chosen president. This project is equally herculean as the book project therefore I have cancelled the third trimester book project so the student efforts can be focused on this challenging report Since we were over 11 weeks away from the book project due date I figured this would be ok, however students that did start early can turn in what they have done for extra credit.
**Get those president books!!!
We did more work with fractions today reviewing the chapter on equivalent fractions, common denominators, and fractions “out in the wild.”
We are starting a unit on “using context clues” to figure out the meaning of words. The kids did some reading today about this and answered some questions as a class. The focus on this unit, which came about from a noticed Scootpad trend, is to help students infer the meaning of challenging words where they do not always have access to a smartphone/computer or “old-school” dictionary.
Listening vs hearing…
We continue to practice our listening skills throughout the class. Much of it stems from some peoples desire to be emotionally “heard” constantly but the constant talking out comes with the cost of the classroom’s learning environment.
So we watched this video on a listening expert.
Science -- they keep plugging away with photosynthesis. There is a homework assignment due called “Cellular Respiration”
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
- Greek Proverb
Homework for the week:
Math:
Topic 10 Review 240-241 All problems due Wednesday
Topic 5-5 page R and Page P due Thursday
Topic 16-5 page R & P and Topic 16-6 R & P due Friday.
Context Clues and Westward Expansion is due on Wednesday
Free-Write due Friday.
This week’s free-write was created by Alexis who used her points earned from Scootpad to select the free-write.
Non-Fiction: What do you want to be when you grow up?
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