Alisha did a FANTASTIC job reading The Frog Prince...continued! She even surprised me! Listen to her read later on tonight when I load her video. You will enjoy it!
We watched a weather video from united streaming and took notes to add to our research projects. Because of the earthquake this morning, we spent a little time reading about it, looking at the map, and then watched a very short video (again from united streaming) about what causes earthquakes. They were very eager learners today!
After gym, we played some of the Academic Vocabulary games from the website. I sent home a note today detailing where to get the games (off the website) and more challenging math activities they can do on the website. Take advantage of it!
In math, juniors worked on making change. This is a difficult concept so anytime you are able to work with them when you get or make change would be great. Seniors worked on measuring longer distances by reading a map and then did some perimeter measurments.
Just a quick note about homework. Research has shown that homework (other than reading) does not help students academically until about the 10th grade. I am required to give out homework, so I use the homelinks. I like to vary it some, that is why I include the computer work. The best thing you can be doing with your child is reading, but if they want more to do, the website has a ton of things to do. If you want worksheets, then go to the links for parents, and print them off. What I'm finding though, is that because of what they are doing in class with the math menu, that they are really, really, understanding and enjoying math, so let them use the computer to explore the different sites off my website to challenge themselves. Don't tell them how to do it, but let them explore. Understanding comes from the explorations. Questions....just ask.
Have a GREAT weekend!
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