Well, I'm typing this post from the eighth floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Denver, Colorado where I'm busy preparing for two presentations that I will be leading with Toni at the National Middle School Association's Annual Conference. And, as you can imagine, it took quite a bit to pull everything together to leave this morning!
So, for the last few days, you've seen tons of pictures pop up on here without any explanation as to what we've been doing! Ha!
Well, overall, the kids and I have been engaged in a conversation about fundamental counting principle and permutations--in fact, that's what they'll be working on while I'm gone. When I return, obviously, expect much more detailed blogs updating you on all I've learned and what's on the horizon for Jacobs.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Welcome back!
From our LONG break! (only for the children, of course!)
Today after an interesting warm up, the children worked to finish Set II of Lesson I on the Fundamental Counting Principle. Tomorrow? Permutations!
(And if they didn't finish, they will need to do so tonight for homework. ;))
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
FCP!
Today was again all about the fundamental counting principle as we steadily work through Lesson 1 of Chapter 7. We started class today talking about some real life examples, including license plates. :)
And, what can be best described as "synchronized transitional programming" -- ask your kids. :)
No homework!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Chapter 7 or bust!
We began working on Chapter 7, Methods of Counting today with Lesson 1: The Fundamental Counting Principle.
The kids worked through #s 1-13 of Set I and finished during class, no homework over the weekend.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Getting back our tests
Today the kids got back their Chapter 4 tests and we talked about the nature of feedback and how that plays into their learning. Their homework is to complete their test corrections, plus answer some questions about how THEY perceive how they did on the test...
Tomorrow, we'll be off and running with Chapter 7.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Test Day!
I'm blogging to you right now as your children are taking their Chapter 4 Test!
So, there's not much more to report other than they are working hard and I have high expectations for their work on this assessment! :)
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Test Tomorrow!
No new news for today because of block scheduling, but tomorrow is their Chapter 4 test. :)
Monday, October 13, 2008
BR Trip A Success!
We gathered everyone up right on time and hit the road today for Baskin Robbins -- and believe it or not -- we actually did math! Their test on Chapter 4 will be on Wednesday (no class tomorrow because of block scheduling) -- and they got their review work today. :)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Gettin' Ready for the Test
We checked Set II of Lesson 5 today, which has primed us for our test. Afterwards, I gave the kids a review sheet (two pages) that breaks the chapter down into each of the five lessons with questions that relate to each lesson. They started their work on this today, but will continue working on it tomorrow in class. No homework.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Moving through Set II
After checking Set I, we started work today on Set II, the last Lesson in Chapter 4 for us. They'll need to finish this Set for homework.
The biggest news is that next Monday, Jacobs will be moving to Baskin Robbins for fourth period and lunch! (Don't get me wrong, this is a slightly fun trip -- but our books and notebooks and calculators WILL be traveling with us. There will be work done and there will be homework.) See the note that your children should have brought home.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Post from William...
Today we have a new blog person! Me. You know, the one who screwed up the warm up (William). So today we had a relatively easy warm up and heard about falling down pants. (Long story) Now we're doing Set I, Lesson 5.
It was pretty easy and fun but few people got stuck. Matthew quickly worked through it with them. And now we will finish it for homework.
This class rocked.
(Written by William, typed by Matthew)
Workday on Lesson 5
Today was a workday -- after our warm up the kids spent time working through Set I of Lesson 5.
Whatever they didn't finish? Homework.
As an aside, we are rapidly headed towards our Chapter 4 test. I'm thinking end of the week!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Blog!
As always we started with the warm up. Sigh... Our Right Hand Man kind of lost it today. We tried to do the warm up, but he gave us the wrong answer. That's okay, because he has the 1-9 logarithms memorized!
Then we went over homework like normal, nothing too great.
GUESS WHAT?
There are 80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
ways to shuffle a deck of cards!
Oh! Happy Days!, Matthew just got a ginormous new white board! Check it out below!
Following our homework check, we did a review of Chapter 4. Scientifico notationo... big honkin' numbers... logs... (2*10^4)(4*10^3) = 8*10^7 ... 7.90... whatever the big honkin' number is... That is all of Chapter 4!
Now on to Lesson 5.
All done.
No homework!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Wednesday Blog!
Hey there people, how are you? Today seems like a promising day!
First - great thing: UCLA students find 13 million digit prime number! We talked about this first.
Second - (greatish thing): we had to finish Set II of Lesson 4 in class, and will need to finish tonight if we don't finish.
Sorry this is so short, but have a good Wednesday!
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