Hey Redskin fans - congrats on not helping the Bucs get in the win column!

Math: As you know, we're going bonkers over "mean" lately so last week's quiz has the answer key attached so the expectations are crystal clear. Despite a need to continue our work with statistics, we are moving ahead tomorrow with geometric concepts. This is the final section for unit one - assessment is in 3 weeks! However, this morning we worked with data using an example I encountered yesterday at a local pumpkin patch. It involved effective advertising and how companies make adjustments based on survey results. In addition, we took a virtual field trip to the pumpkin patch where we determined the mean number of pumpkins per group and then looked at the class mean.

Language Arts: We are officially in informational text - today we compared our background knowledge to information learned through a book. We usually find two things: we have misconceptions and/or we learn more specifics about a particular subject.

JGB - We embarked on our first Junior Great Book this afternoon. Typically, we spend roughly 5-7 school days with each story by interacting with it and each other in a variety of ways to enhance how we think about what we read...the idea is to build upon what you learned the previous session. We'll decide week to week how appropriate this instruction is...

The Leopard - They have just about completed a written response using evidence cards so we'll look to move onward tomorrow.

Sachiko - RRJs have been turned in and graded. Please take some time to look at them tonight. What you'll find are three blue note cards with text support on one page and their response on the next. The idea is to use the notes as a means to get started yet elaborate on each one to explain why it does in fact prove why in this case, the character trait is appropriate.

Writing: I brought in a few Burger King crowns to get them motivated to write today. My hope is that each person will derive a different memory or experience merely by seeing, touching, or wearing the crown and thus, be inspired to write about what ever comes to their mind. We shall see...