Today we started talking about volume. We used some different size/shape mason jars in an activity to start talking about what volume is and how to figure out the volume. Students had fun trying to figure out which of the mason jars had the highest and lowest volume, which we then determined using uncooked elbow macaroni. Students worked on page 13 from their math books looking at determining volume from two sheets of paper that are the same size. HOMEWORK: HOME LINK 1-5 I am having a hard time uploading the pictures from today- I will do so as soon as I can get them to work.
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Today we reviewed last night's homework with a focus on how to solve the area problem at the bottom. Many students struggled to come up with a strategy and did not recognize the difference between a 1/4 square mile and a square mile, assuming that they were the same. We spent a lot of time today going over this and students have more practice problems to work on before we move on to volume.
HOMEWORK TONIGHT: LESSON 1-4 WORKSHEET Today we worked on reading through a science experiment from the perspective of a middle school student. We read the scenario aloud and the students worked to identify the problem, where the student got her information, what her possible hypothesis was and how she designed her experiment. We will continue this work tomorrow since we ran out of time with the shorter class.
Scientific Method (put steps in order) quiz on Friday. Today we started math class by having students write their online math book information (website and credentials) into their planners. The online math book is a great resource as it goes through the lesson (great for absent kids), has video tutorials, and access to online manipulatives and tools. Each student has an account that he or she can use. This particular book is new to me and the resources are not set up exactly the same, so we will do some exploring together at a later date.
Today's class reviewed what we have done so far with area and moved into some more complex problems where students had to break a square foot (or mile in the home link) into smaller pieces. The notes below show some of our discussion points. HOMEWORK TONIGHT: HOME LINK 1-4, students may need to use their online book, you or google as a resource to find the conversions between grams and kilograms. Today we talked about the requirements of observations (made in the present, accurate words (NOT many, some, few), and Objective (seen the same way by all observers). We used our information from some given observations to create inferences (in student accordions) like Observation: a student is called from the room; Inference: the student is being dismissed, the student is in trouble, it's the student's birthday...apparently a PC tradition :)
We will continue this work tomorrow as well as review the steps of the Scientific Method in preparation for our quiz on Friday. HOMEWORK TONIGHT: MAKE SURE YOU ARE CAUGHT UP ON ALL NOTES (CHECK THE BLOG) Today we finished up with our identifying variables worksheet and reviewed a couple of the entries. We also took notes on different types of variables and the steps of the scientific method. We will be having a quiz on the steps on Friday. Students will be working on developing fair tests in the next couple of weeks.
Today we used "student work" to talk about communication in math and how to help students learn through critique. We talked through the celebrations and suggestions for each piece of work in a way that will help us when we use classmate work to critique. All students did a great job highlighting the positives and giving suggestions for improvement.
NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT Today we finished talking about the new vocabulary introduced in the BrainPop video. We went over them as a class and then used those definitions to unscramble the steps of the scientific method and put them in order. Students then worked to develop hypotheses and potential experiments to solve 3 unique problems. Students were able to collaborate with desk-mates on this task.
HOMEWORK TONIGHT: FINISH UP THE FLOW CHART IF NOT DONE IN CLASS Today we reviewed the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations as we went over our observations of pennies. We then watched a BrainPop video on the scientific method and defined some vocabulary in our own words. We will continue working on the scientific method, creating hypotheses and thinking of possible experiments to test different ideas.
Today we worked on the first part of a two day lesson. We reviewed converting between inches and feet with a quick mental math warm up then worked on determining the number of square inches in a square foot and a square half-foot. Students were able to collaborate to come up with strategies to try out. We went over these problems then students worked on an activity to critique the thinking of two fictional students trying to solve an area problem similar to the ones that we have been working on. We will follow-up and look at student ideas tomorrow.
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