Today was another day like every other Tuesday. We came into class and some kids went to work online at the science website while the rest of us corrected last night's science homework.
Afterwards, we learned that we were going to make our own plant cells with a partner. In order to do this, we had to work with a partner from Science Lab that Mr. McMurray assigned. From there, Mr. McMurray provided us with construction paper, scissors, and glue sticks. We had to use a model from our textbook on page 97 to see a diagram of a plant cell.
Some partnerships were very creative and made 3-D models. Other groups decided to draw and color on the construction paper with colored pencils, markers, and crayons. I worked with David on our plant cell and we were one of the first groups finished. We finished those and went to science.
We brought our plant cells over to the Science Lab to show Mrs. Foy-Couche. It turned out to be pretty helpful, actually, because in the Science Lab we learned the differences and similarities between onion cells and cheek cells. It sure helped to have a model right there to see those parts we'd learned about earlier in class!
Before we could see the cheek cells we went to recess. I played some basketball with my friends.
After we came back from recess we saw the cheek cells. Then the one and only (that I know) Mr.McMurray picked us up.
When we came back we did math until lunch. For math today, we continued studying algebraic equations and reviewed last night's homework assignment. We are learning how to solve equations with a variable in then, such as 18 - n = 5. You can switch the n and the 5 to solve for the variable. In that problem, n equals 13. And we also worked with basic fractions and decimals, and it involved adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.
Mr. McMurray had us complete two vocabulary activities, including one that previewed today's lesson on the distributive property. You can see, he told us, that the base word "distribute" is part of the word distributive. So, with algebraic equations, you can distribute a number in an equation to both the variable and the whole number. For example, 8 x (m + 6) = (8m) + (8 x 6). In simplest form, it comes out to 8m + 48.
Tonight's homework included some more practice with the distributive property.
After lunch we went back to class to silent read. I finished The Alchemist by Michael Scott. During this time, Mr. McMurray passed out our "Breaking Barriers" rough drafts that he had corrected. Now we have to type those us and get them turned in by Friday so they can be entered into a national writing contest. Plus, we're supposed to get free A's tickets just for writing this essay.
Then we corrected last night's Social Studies assignment on the events leading to the revolution. Afterwards, Mr. McMurray shared a couple of Social Studies movies about the First and Second Continental Congress, and the Declaration of Independence so we could understand it better until school ended.
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