Math Congress Debrief

I think I can safely say that my students are beginning to see the light! Whooo hooo!!
Same volume but different surface area, hmmmmm........

Day 5 - Strategies

Objective:

*Thinking about the relationship between surface area and volume.
* deepening students' understanding of the associative and commutative properties of multiplication (these terms not used in class) but already some students are beginning to make important observations.

Take a look at their mathematical language:

Day 4 - Surface area of boxes

And the plot thickens ......... looking at surface areas of the boxes!

Day 4 -introduce a new context involving an exploration of the amount of cardboard needed to manufacture boxes and whether some box designs would be cheaper to manufacture than others

Day 3 - Math Congress and Reflection

Our Math journey continues with a Gallery Walk on Day 3 and our highly anticipated Math Congress. The kids really do love speaking about their strategies in front of the class! It's a beautiful, learning experience (even for me!) because we are opened to so many different strategies and ways of thinking.

Did not take pictures of the students' comments/feedback during the Gallery walk (and I regret it now!) but the kids had some really deep,constructive feedback and questions. Good job 5D!

Coin Design Contest

Canada Mint Coin Design Contest. Student samples below:

Education Week Activites

Read-Alouds, Earth Day stroll, Open-House, Inspiration Rainbow ..... Celebrating Education Week at Eldorado!

Earth Day Projects

Recyclable art and more .........

Earth Day Stroll

Today's stroll to remind us that Mother Earth is still a beautiful place. One Earth, One Planet, One Race - the Human Race!

Day 2 - Exploring Box Designs

Before and After student work samples. Today students were encouraged to develop a systematic approach to solving the problem of designing boxes. In developing their posters, they had to think about how to organize their information so that their work over the last two days could be conveyed to the whole group in a clear, concise,and thoughtful way.

Student Samples(Realistic Math Task) Day One

So proud to share my students' work after Day One. Some already figured out the answer!

Look at the strategies used! Really impressive!

Realistic Math Task -Day One

Day One Problem Solving Task. Stay tuned to see how it all unfolds! It gets very interesting.

Why You Should Thank a Teacher

Great Video!

Dans la classe de francais ....

French class update - we're still working on our second AIM play (Louis la Grenouille). The students are reading and writing in French and will soon start their rehearsal of the play in groups. They will also write an alternate ending to the play (in french of course!) Looking forward to that!!!!!!