Today we: discovered that Carter G. Woodson is the man who founded Black History Month. He is also the second African-American to get a doctorate from Harvard University. Students had this message written on the board with many errors and they did a wonderful job finding them all and correcting them. We added this fact to our Black History Month page in our visual journals.
In math, we continued our practice of multiplication facts with an exercise in algebra. We explored how the equals symbol can represent a divider for two sides that equal the same thing, and then discussed Part-Part-Whole and how answers can be divided into two parts (or more). This helped to understand how algebra is about finding the missing variable in an equation and using the answer to find the part. For example, 3 x __ = 12 means that both sides will be 12 in total. So 3 groups of what amount will give us 12? We also saw that 12 divided into 3 groups shows that there would be 4 in each group. These fact families are very important for mental math, and these practices will help them to memorize these facts for future grades.
Before lunch, we explored the makings of an electricity circuit through moving images provided by EPCOR with an online slideshow. It shows how the electricity moved through the circuit and how a light switch can open and close the flow. They had to draw a diagram and label the components, and then we watched a video testing the conductivity of water and why it is dangerous to have water around electricity. We also saw how a potato can be used to make a battery - while the power source is very small, the light still turned on!
After lunch, we read chapter 3 of Rise of the Jumbies. We shared our predictions and recorded descriptive words to help build the imagery of the creatures in the book.
Students got to switch their books today in the Learning Commons and we made a stop at the Lost & Found to see the items that have not been claimed yet.
We ended the day with some chromebook time to work on our social projects. With 12 Minecraft points, the students will get an entire hour to play tomorrow afternoon. Looking forward to a fun Friday!
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