Mr. Rennie's Class

  A new week begins tomorrow and with it the students will continue to work on fractions ans essays. Their log entries regarding math reveal a wide range of understanding throughout the class. If the reponses were taken as an absolute picture of where we are at then we have some more work on basci concepts to do before carrying on. About half the logs show that the students who wrote them really get what fractions are and how they work. Yet the other half have uncertainties about these ideas since their entries don't reflect their grasp. So I have to ask myself is that true? Or, are the entries that don't show understanding not giving the completre picture. Many of the entries drom this grooup are very brief or did not address the original question put on the board. This leaves open the possibility that those people who apparently need further help and practice may have just responded carelessly or without really paying ttention to the task.

  So tomorrow the plan is to start with the same question on the board for math. The next step will be to discuss the question and it's three parts with a partner using the concentric circle strategy. After this sharing they'll get out their learning logs and decide if their entry from Fridat accurately shows what they know and understand about fractions (proper, improper, mixed and equivalent). Students will then either choose to redo or change their former entry if it needs more, or if they're satisfied they'll write a found poem about fractions.