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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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Friday December 13

We opened with our Thank You Friday circle and then continued working on our cards for The Alex centre. We started new cards on better paper, because the paper yesterday was just regular and the markers went through the paper and it didn't look very nice. Today we used card stock paper. The cookies and cards will be delivered tomorrow. The cookies are in the freezer staying fresh. The other part of the day was used to introduce Friendology. This is a program of sorts that are organized into sessions and teach about friendships and what it means to be a good friend. There have been some situations of late that this fits well with I think. Everyone can learn to be a good friend and make good choices about who they think are good friends. Reminders: - Food drive is still looking for non perishable food - Clothing drive is on until Thursday next week Calgary Mental Health Clothes Drive Bridlewood School will be collecting items for those who are in need to get through the cold ...
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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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