In the library today, the kids "charved" cheese in anticipation of our visit tomorrow from Sarah Weeks. Weeks is an author who has written books about a fellow named Oggie Cooter who has a penchant for "charving" shapes into cheese slices by chewing them.
In Math class today, the kids did a pretty impressive job of learning to find and calculate percentages of numbers, for instance, they found 35% of 80, etc. Their homework tonight is reflective of everything we did in class today, but we covered a lot of ground. Remember that if they are confused (although they seemed to all get it), remember to call 1-800-ASK-ROSE any time between 7 and 10 and they can help! It's a free telephone tutoring service from Rose-Hulman (and I'm told they don't speak in engineerese to the kids). I always forget to suggest this, but any time you're stuck (and yes, I know that Everyday Math can feel like a foreign language at times, and I understand that), you can call them between those hours! Even better is that RH has all math materials on hand used in the state of Indiana! (I'm pretty sure this is still the case.) It's a fantastic resource.
Reminders for tomorrow: there is a Spelling test over the list of abbreviations, and the kids' rough drafts are due tomorrow. Rough drafts are allowed to be sloppy and ugly, just as long as they are legible.
Just in case you have lost/thrown away/fed your dog/origami folded/or lined your bird cage with your spelling list, here are those abbreviations once again. Remember that capitalization and periods do count on these.
cm
dept.
Inc.
Jr.
lb
oz
Pkwy.
tsp
vs.
yd
etc.
Ltd.
misc.
no.
And with that, let's call it another successful day in 5-1 at the WB!
4 comments:
About math class i remember doing this earlier in the year but i am glad we went over it cause i remember having the test (which was hard at the time) but now i get it easier so thanks for going over that mr.c
I'm glad to know that it helped, Rachel. I think you're right that it really helps to go over something a second time awhile after going over it the first time.
very true rachel. i can't wait to see the musical styleings of Lindsy Ratner and the 3rd grade production of "Arf" my mom says i mite be able to come because we r watching a movie that day and its not important
I hope to see you there, Viva. It's been awhile.
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