May 19th

Did You Know…? ‘Catacoustics’ is the study of echoes.

Good evening,

Today the students continued working on a writing assignment about “The Great Migration” between 1815-1850. Students have each been given different scenarios to explore. They may have selected:

You are a 10 year old child about to board a ship to the “New World” to America.
You are an agent about to evict a poor cottier & his family.
Your baby sister has died & has been thrown overboard the coffin ship.
Your father has come home this evening & announced that there is a strange thing covering the potato crop.

Last week, students were each asked to create a character for their situation. They had to give their character a name, as well as describe some of their thoughts and feelings about their situation. Each student had to do this for at least two different situations. For example, if they were the 10 year old child, they could write about what they were thinking and feeling before getting on the ship, and then what they were thinking and feeling while travelling on the ship. Today, students were asked to take the work they have done with their characters and to write either a journal entry or a letter from the character. We will be working on the rough drafts all this week, and then publishing our final drafts on Friday.

Don’t forget about our Math test tomorrow on fractions and decimals. Students should be able to:

Create sets of equivalent fractions.
Compare fractions with like and unlike denominators.
Describe and represent decimals (tenths, hundredths, thousandths).
Relate decimals to fractions and fractions to decimals (to thousandths).
Compare and order decimals (to thousandths) by using: benchmarks, place value, and equivalent decimals.
Demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction of decimals (limited to thousandths).

Students took home a booklet to help them study last week. This booklet contains the problem of the day questions for this unit. In the students’ Problem of the Day Books, there should be the solutions that we discussed in class throughout the unit, however, it is the students’ responsibility to maintain these books. Students are also encouraged to complete the “Show What You Know” questions for this unit, to use their Mathletics accounts, or to simply solve previously assigned textbook questions in order to help them to practice and review tonight. Do you have a GoNoodle account at home? If so, try the “Brain Break” shared below! It has some review questions on fractions and decimals. Don’t have a GoNoodle account at home? Follow the link to sign up for a free account, Camp GoNoodle, and more!

GoNoodle Sign Up – https://www.gonoodle.com/s/abarrington

GoNoodle (Fractions/Decimals) Link – https://www.gonoodle.com/my-questions/64314

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math: