Tuesday, October 7th: GCF & LCM Number Puzzles, Abiotic/Biotic Samples!
Today in math students solved open-ended problems in groups designing courts that could be built to share a side with a grassy lawn. We...
Monday, October 6: GCF & LCM Word Problem Packet 2
Today we split into two groups based on last Friday's GCF LCM Check-In. Those who needed one more mini-lesson and some practice got just...
Thursday, October 2nd: GCF of Big Numbers and Plan Choice Writing
We're getting back into the groove after our Kieve week, and I personally took a bit longer to get fully in the groove - there was no...
Thursday, September 18th: Math Poster Rough Draft and Evidence-Warrant Sentences
Today we began making educational posters on topics in math. Some are making these posters about Prime Factorization and others are...
Wednesday, September 17th: Factoring, Exponents, and Case File Revisions
After a brief hiatus from homework in honor of standardized testing, students are bringing home a bit of work tonight that varies from...
Thursday, September 11: SMART=WORK, CSI: The Nose Knows
Today, students reviewed the Elements of Good Group Work that we started collecting yesterday during our group challenges. Students then...
Wednesday, September 10th: CSI Case File: BADD, No Math Homework
Tonight's homework is to finish collecting observations and inferences about the most recent CSI Case File: BADD: Burton Against Dead...
Tuesday, September 9th: Math Kangaroo Part 2 & CSI: Gamer Over
Today we finished up the diagnostic tests on arithmetic skills and students took home a packet of challenging puzzles that start to...
Monday, September 8th: Kangaroo Math and Observations/Inferences
Today the students reviewed the words "Grit", "strategies", and "resource" to remind them of the problem solving lessons we did last week....
Thursday, September 3rd: Scales Problems
Tonight's homework: Complete as much as you can of the three-page packet titled, "Scales Problems". The problem solving strategies used...
