How many Mondays can we miss? What a crazy couple of weeks...

Math: As you have likely noticed, we have been adding a homework assignment to your "TO DO" lists each of the last two weekends. Based on what I've seen thus far and considering the fundamental quality of fractions/decimals/percents, I have decided to add this supplement as a means to sure up their basic decimal knowledge as I plow ahead with the rest of my lesson sequence. So far, despite missing some time over the last couple of weeks, I have seen a stronger understanding of these interrelated concepts through the lens of "part of a whole". This underlying knowledge is critical to not just comparing fractions/decimals/percents; rather, it provides the big picture idea that these seemingly different numbers are actually equivalent forms of one another. They need to "get this" in order to "see it". I think we're getting close...

Tonight's homework is p. 420 numbers 2-25.

Language Arts: We're back on the spelling cycle after a hiatus - stay tuned. In addition to spelling, we have begun a new quarter which brings a different focus along with it - figurative language, historical fiction, and biographies. We will likely progress in that order, too...

Both JGB groups will have their discussions tomorrow so please remind them to have their initial responses complete prior to coming to school.

I did meet with parts of the other two groups today to discuss point of view... No homework for these groups!