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Monday December 9

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Mental Math Monday was knowing the basic facts of multiplication. There are some students who would benefit from practicing their facts so they are more confident. After this the class were given the opportunity to help make the season a little more cheerful for some of the less fortunate. The class jumped at the opportunity to do some good! We are going to bake cookies for an organization called the The Alex. This organization supports youth at risk. We also just found out that a retirement home complex in the area would love some cookies, so we will give them some as well. After this decision was made we looked at the recipe for thumbprint cookies and did some math around figuring out how much of each ingredient would be needed to make 6 times the single batch. Below, you will find a chart of how much of everything we need. Students were quick to say that they would like to help bring in the materials needed. The names are given for those who thought they could supply ing...
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Thursday December 12

Our Thinking Thursday problems were solving for an unknown value in an equation with both sides of the balance having two addends. Most students are successful with solving these kinds of questions now and they are "becoming easier". After this work we began mixing our ingredients to make our cookie batter. This process took most of the morning. Mixing the butter and sugar was the toughest part because the butter was a little hard. Once it warmed up and got squished it became easier to mix. Before lunch each table group created their cookie balls and added their thumbprints to make heart shapes. After lunch the students listened to 6 minutes and then worked on figuring out how much each batch of cookies cost. The groups were given the cost of either a 1/4 cup or 1/2 cup of ingredient then had to do some calculations to find out how much the recipe cost. In some cases the ingredient amount given with a cost was not the exact amount the recipe called for. For example, a 1/4 c...
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Thursday March 19 free math website to check out

Hello to all my dear students. I am sure you are feeling a little confused and wondering what this all means. You should have received a message from all the grade 4/5 teachers on Monday. It was and still is very strange in the school with no students. I would like you to know that I, and the entire school are thinking of you and hoping you are being safe and staying healthy. I hope you are trying to practice learning every day, no matter what it may look like. Use some of the ideas from the CBE that were sent out to families the other day. I just received this gift and am passing on the website so that you can have some fun with it. It is from the same site that has the number puzzles we have done in class. There are a lot of other great puzzles and activities for you to try at home. It is given free so no worries about payment. Give it a try and have some fun! https://mashupmath.com/blog/free-homeschool-math-resources Please feel free to drop me an email and check in, it would ...
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