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Mornings
(8:30-12:00)
Monday 9/2
Closed -- Labor Day
Tuesday 9/3
Board: president roosevelt told the supreme court that he would add more members (5 errors)
0.8+0.01=n
0.8-0.01=n
0.8*0.01=n
0.3/0.01=n
Group: Story problems -- Add & subtract negative and positive numbers. Do 3 more story problems. Results: Finished this set of story problems.
Individual: See notebooks.
Wednesday 9/4
Board: president roosevelt was unhappy with the court (3 errors)
81+46=n
8.1-4.6=n
8.1*4.6=n
8.1/46=n
Group: Media – What else influences a story? We'll be looking at facts and opinions in a lesson from The Careful Reader: Teaching Critical Reading Skills. Which is which? How do you know? Results: Betsy helped us think about what parts of stories were facts and what parts were opinions.
Thursday 9/5
Board: roosevelt finally got the supreme court to uphold a standard minimum wage law (4 errors)
3.32+56.9=n
349-26.2=n
23*86.2=n
2.9/56.2=n
Group: Solar system – We are writing reports on the Sun. We will use the notes we took last week to write our first draft. Results: Talked about fact and opinion and why we must support facts with sources.
Individual: See notebooks.
Friday 9/6
Group: Interviewing - Continue our discussion about ways to answer tough interview questions.
Individual: See notebooks.
Board Answers:
9/3 -- President Roosevelt told the Supreme Court that he would add more members. (5 errors)
9/4 -- President Roosevelt was unhappy with the court. (3 errors)
9/5 -- Roosevelt finally got the Supreme Court to uphold a standard minimum wage law.
(4 errors)
Afternoons
(12:30-4:00)
Monday 9/2
Closed -- Labor Day
Tuesday 9/3
Board: the court voted any law about better working conditions as unconstitutional (2 errors)
5.7+5.3=n
5.7-5.3=n
5.7*5.3=n
5.7/5.3=n
Group: Supreme Court Landmark Case #3 -- Gibson v. Ogden (1824) about interstate commerce.
Review Gibson v. Ogden (1824), US v. EC Knight Company (1895). Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918), & National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp (1937).
Results: Read the beginning of the decision for U.S. vs Darby.
Individual: See notebooks.
Wednesday 9/4
Book Group
1) Calculate achievements. Set new goals for next Wednesday. (Reach 80%? If yes, set up root beer float party for next Wednesday.) We did it! We get rootbeer floats next Wednesday!!!
2) Read and discuss
Getting Unstuck by Dr. Sidney Simon, pages 48-51. Results: Read and talked about pages 48-51. Set new goal.
Individual: See notebooks.
Thursday 9/5
Board: franklin d roosevelt was also known as fdr (10 errors)
8.6+0.23=n
8-5.2=n
86*5.2=n
8.1/5.2=n
Group: We are starting basic phonics lesson today -- beginning with letter sounds and names. Results: Wrote down alphabet key words and a few brief rules.
Individual: See notebooks.
Friday 9/6
Group: Food Science: Salt -- We will check on our cheese experiment and then look at more intriguing information about the element salt. Read p. 40-41, 43-44 about salt sticks and meat tenderizers from R.L. Wolke's What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained. Results: Read both sections. Wolke suggests that we just buy Kosher salt.
Individual: See notebooks.
Board Answers:
9/3 -- The court voted any law about better working conditions as unconstitutional. (3 errors)
9/5 -- Franklin D. Roosevelt was also known as F.D.R. (10 errors)
Evenings
(4:00-7:30 PM)
Tuesday 9/3
Individual: See notebooks.
Thursday 9/5
Individual: See notebooks.
5:00-7:30 PM Writing Group (Co-sponsored by SLCC Community Writing Center)
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