Post date: May 26, 2013 11:35:55 PM
Mornings (8:30-12:00)
Monday 5/27
Closed: Memorial Day
Tuesday 5/28
Board: the boy yelled where am i (7 errors)
57+29=n
56-4.22=n
0.28*5.7=n
4.9/455=n
Group: Wrote set of rules for converting fractions to decimals to percentages (and back again).
Individual: See notebooks.
Wednesday 5/29
Board: the little girl said you are here where do you want to be (8 errors)
94+25=n
5.2-1.9=n
7.3*82.4=n
0.7/1.5=n
Group: Read, discussed, and enjoyed a summary of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Miller's Prologue and Tale" from The Canterbury Tales (sparknotes.com).
Individual: See notebooks.
Thursday 5/30
Board: the boy said where is here (6 errors)
54+6.6=n
42-0.36=n
3.7*9.3=n
2.93/2.9=n
Group: Brainstormed what we already know about the solar system and what we want to know. Read #10-6 from the list of 10 Fascinating Facts about our Solar System (listverse.com).
Individual: See notebooks.
Friday 5/31 - Interviewing
Group: Continue our discussion about ways to answer tough interview questions.
Individual: See notebooks.
Afternoons (12:30-4:00)
Monday 5/27
Closed: Memorial Day
Tuesday 5/28
Board: the girl yelled breakfast (5 errors)
3.5+6.8=n
5.3-2.7=n
2.4*4.6=n
19/0.45=n
Group: Discuss Supreme Court Landmark Case #3 -- Gibson v. Ogden (1824) about interstate commerce and state's rights. Talked about the U.S. Constitution and Articles of Confederation. Read Article I, Section 8 of U.S. Constitution.
Individual: See notebooks.
Wednesday 5/29
Book Group
1) Calculate achievements. Set new goals for next Wednesday. (Reach 80%? If yes, set up root beer float party for next Wednesday.)
2) Read and discuss pages 11-13 of Getting Unstuck by Dr. Sidney Simon.
Individual: See notebooks.
Thursday 5/30
Board: im hungry the boy said (5 errors)
64+65=n
62-16=n
6.3*3.4=n
6.8/2.4=n
Group: Continue discussion about Supreme Court Landmark Case #3. Read background summary (streetlaw.org) and examined possible arguments for both sides of this case (streetlaw.org).
Individual: See notebooks.
Friday 5/31 - Science
Group: Salt experiment #2 from "The Truth about Salt in your Food" from March 2013 issue of Cooking Light magazine (cookinglight.com).
Individual: See notebooks.
Evenings (4:00-7:30 PM)
Tuesday 5/28
Individual: See notebooks.
Thursday 5/30
Individual: See notebooks.