Wednesday, March 20, 2013

HOMEWORK:  Lance Armstrong presentations for Zachary and Kiara
                           Lance Armstrong rehearsals for Kadeem, Kortnee, and Ellis


The presentations for our Reading Comprehension/Character Chair portion of the Lance Armstrong took place today.  Here are some photos of the presenters just before they began:

Member of United States Anti Doping Agency

Dr. Garcia (lost his license to practice medicine)

District Attorney arguing for Lance Armstrong's ban

Lance Armstrong (looking happy...not too sure why)

The one and only Oprah Winfrey discusses her interview with Lance Armstrong

A disappointed fan reads on behalf of all former Lance Armstrong fans

Luke Armstrong (Lance Armstrong's son)

former cycling teammate, Bradley Wiggins

LIVESTRONG board member:  Candace Aaron

Luke Armstrong  looking dejected

I managed to catch the tail end of Ariane's strong performance as Oprah Winfrey.  Here it is:

I was trying to calculate when I would return to the rather challenging topic of long division (challenging for some, not all).  I decided to blend in the use of manipulatives in explaining long division.  To summarize the connection, I am going to show a slide that I prepared for the class:

  Now, I will show some of the students in action applying the logic behind this slide and the lesson:

There are 13 one cubes in this photo.  Before they were exchanged, 10 of those one cubes was a solid "10".  Notice that in both groups, there is an equal number of Base 10 materials.   The one stray cube is the remainder from the division question.

John did a really good thing and found himself helping a number of other groups in the class who were having difficulty

As we begin to close out  this unit of Math, I will apply some of the skills learned from using manipulatives to the last portion of the Math we will be working on on Thursday.

Have a good evening.