It's amazing what you can fit into 4 days and a 2hr delay! :)
This week, our focus in math was on fractions, and we had quite the "appetite" for it!
We used pizzas to discuss parts of a whole. There's a great video for that (and for parts of a set) on our math wiki site (link on our webpage) that we watched. Students then created an order for pizza and "made it", complete with box!
After reading a great book called
The Lion's Share, we also made pies for different kinds of animals. Students then cut their pies into the number of pieces so that each animal could get one slice and created a fraction.
Today, we discussed parts of a set and used doughnuts (a whole dozen!) as an example, creating an order and making the doughnuts.
Quite the "Fraction Foodcourt"!
We also spent time in our garden today, planting and dreaming of the time when we'll be able to taste our harvest!
In addition, we did an egg hunt, where students had to follow directions to find their eggs (face north, take 3 steps, turn south, etc.). We also tried to help a bunny find his friend following similar directions, but it seemed to be a bit harder on paper than real life!
I want to wish everyone a happy, fun, and safe Spring Break and Easter! See you in a week! :)
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