Aiden requested we go back through the previous chapters and take some notes on previously learned material. He was upset that we did not take notes properly the first half of the year (title, date). He said he feels like he's forgotten what he's learned and wanted to take notes to review. Last week we did that for Chapter 1. Today we got through Chapter 2 and half of CHapter 3. We discussed unit rates, proportions, percents, and more. We wrote down the pertinent information and organized each topic by section. Aiden thanked me at the end of the lesson and asked if we could continue to do this until we've reviewed all his material. I am hoping we can dedicate 5-10 minutes each class on older material and then use the rest of class on the new material. Once we finish the "old" material, I will give Aiden "Warm-up" problems on previously learned material to help with his confidence that he still has the knowledge he's already gained this year.
Wehad two sessions today. We started class by reviewing the concepts of combining like terms. I gave PJ a few warm up problems. Then he helped me set up for the Valentine's celebration.
Today PJ and I worked on the concept of combining like terms. We discussed a simple problem such as 5a+2a. We considered them 5 apples and 2 apples and combined them together to make 7 apples or 7a. Then I asked PJ to combine 5a+3b (if a was apples and b was bananas). He realized there was no way to combine apples and bananas. They both need to be separate. We practiced adding and subtacting like terms. We discussed why 4y-y wasn't just 4 but instead 3y.
Christopher wrote sentences for his spelling words. We looked up information about Christopher Paul Curtis, the author of the book we are reading. In his journal, Christopher wrote about this author. We read some of the book and discussed it He typed some of his script for his movie.
Kellan wrote sentences for his spelling words. We looked up information about Christopher Paul Curtis, the author of the book we are reading. In his journal, Kellan wrote about this author. We read some of the book and discussed it.
