Author Archives: Aaron Pratt

Next Week: September 8-12

Math: Math Blog Language Arts: Knots in My Yo-yo String; Reader’s Notebook (pgs. 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 23) Spelling: This Week’s Lists Science: Researching Planet/Creating Posters Each student has been assigned a planet.  They will be given the information below (Every planet … Continue reading

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Human Solar System

There is a lot more coming for this project, so I don’t want to type too much, but I have made it the banner picture, so I wanted to explain it a bit.  As we were comparing the planet sizes … Continue reading

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Math: September 8-12

Monday - Subsitution Tuesday - Variables and Expressions Wednesday - Properties of Equality Thursday - Combining Like Terms Friday - Problem Solving

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Substitution

Assignment: Substitution In Algebra “Substitution” means putting numbers where the letters are: If you have:  x – 2 And you know:   x=6 Then you can substitute 6 for x 6 – 2 = 4 Simple, right?  It gets a little … Continue reading

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“Eye” Can

I really enjoy this activity. I mean, really. The kids bring in a can.  They have no idea why.  I preface the lesson with something to affect of, “Just remember, no matter how fun the activities we do, they almost … Continue reading

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Planner: September 1-5

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Planner: August 25-29

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Math: September 2-5

We ran a little behind last week in Math because the beginning of the year assessments took a little longer than expected.  This is why we ended up having two of the assignments coming home in one day, but only … Continue reading

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To This Day…

It seems that everyone in life has something they have to grandstand for.  Some people choose political avenues, others choose to do it more privately with just their families. Some people choose guns.  Some people choose equal rights.  Some people … Continue reading

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Next Week (August 25-29)

I realize the e-mail I sent out earlier this weekend was quite lengthy… again, sorry for that, but I felt I had a lot of information to front-load here at the start of the year.  Here’s a short and sweet … Continue reading

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