Today, students worked to test gravity powered vehicles using a simple ramp and a highly precise laser activated electronic timer. We are able to time a vehicle's movement between two points with .001 of a second accuracy. It's fun science and rewarding to collect accurate data. Students are working to graph test results. Ultimately, the data will be used in a graphing lesson utilizing an Excel spreadsheet and graphing program. Attached to this post, you'll see a photo and two videos of testing in progress.
During homeroom, students revised interpretations of passages from Dr. King's I Have a Dream Speech. I was impressed by the draft writing and I'm excited to see students connect this piece to a critique of Langston Hughes' poem Dream Deferred. You might notice that several students are missing in the photo of the revision exercise. We started promptly at 8:15. A number of students didn't show up until 8:45.
This weekend, students have a fraction/decimal worksheet to complete. Students are also asked to work at memorizing, in order, 23 helping verbs. Having instant recognition of helping verbs will facilitate all of our work in grammar. A little extra effort with this fundamental skill will really pay off.
Here is the list of verb words:
IS AM ARE WAS WERE - BE BEING BEEN - HAS HAVE HAD - DO DOES DID - SHALL WILL SHOULD WOULD - MAY MIGHT MUST - CAN COULD
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