Movement

I know we need the rain. I know there has been a drought. I just don’t quite understand why it can’t just rain in between 2:30 in the afternoon and 8:00 in the morning. Sigh.

We started today with a look at homework from Friday. We then went on to look at Friday’s art project which some students finished as homework. The assignment here was to use rhythm – repeated images and other patterns – to create movement in the depiction of an activity. It was a hard assignment, but several students did exemplary work here:

 

We work on putting together portfolios for conferences. We reviewed the history chapter review from last week. We discussed using math facts to divide larger numbers mentally. Oh, and we watched The Wild at lunch. That’s probably the best part as far as the students were concerned.

Homework:  (1) Finish, if necessary, the concept for the concept-question board. (2) Do the multiplication study sheet. Be sure to show all work. Use a separate paper if necessary.  (3) Do the rest of the study review questions on page 163 of the History book. (4) Do “Using Mental Math to Divide,” Envision Math, pages 158-159. (5) Do Word Knowledge and Vocabulary from Context for “Business is Looking Up.”

Students had a lot of time to get a head start on these assignments. If they’re bringing much work home it’s only because they were not working that diligently during the morning.