Last week was an incredibly full week--just beside myself busy. You all know how that feels!
And to add to the mayhem, I was away at the North Carolina Educational Technology Conference in Greensboro on Wednesday and Thursday. I cannot express to you what an amazing conference this is... you'll have to check out their website and read some of the session descriptions. This trimester I am actually considered as part of the "admin" staff in the middle school--and my focus is technology. I am blessed with the gift of time in the afternoons to learn about and offer workshops for other middle school staff members on technology. This conference was a way for me to keep my thumb on the pulse of what's happening. The newest buzz in the educational technology world? GoogleDocs. :) You should check it out if you've got some time.
Anyways, last week your children worked heavily on equations... adding, subtracting, multiplying... and YES, even some of those fractiony ones. :) We've been approaching each equation using our rules:
1. Do everything you can to get the variable by itself.2. To do so, do the opposite operation that what is written.3. Whatever you do to one side, you must do to the other.
In fact, those fractiony ones were first seen with Lisa Ray, parent of a CFS students, while I was at the conference. Lisa helped introduce the kids to the idea of a reciprocal.
This week will see a move to some good old fashioned practice. :) They may grumble a bit, but it will help them in the long run!
Whew! Enjoy and have a lovely evening!
