Our first day back after a four-day weekend felt long, admittedly, but by the end of the day I think I succeeded in getting everyone's brain turned back on. No photos today, sorry, but there will be many tomorrow as we venture to San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum. Check your child's binder for a permission slip, and remember to pack a snack and lunch, because no hot lunch will be provided.
Also, a report from Sima and math club:
The 13 students in 4th/5th grade Math Club today were very engaged with a new problem, game, and puzzle today. Some of the boys in particular enjoyed the new game Intersections, trying to make lines intersect as many other lines as possible. Many girls and boys pondered the Growing Staircases problem, a classic pattern-finding activity where students try to derive an algebraic function to predict the number of blocks necessary to build staircases, by drawing pictures, using color tiles, and writing expressions. Some kids were intrigued to find out what an "nth stair" is! A few students worked on Puzzles, including figuring out how many different shapes one can make with 4 regular hexagons. How many do you think there are?
Homework:
5th graders have math due on Thursday. Click on the link at the top of the page to download this week's packet.
Read for 20 minutes and fill out log.
Get permission slip signed.
News and homework from the Cerrito Creek classroom
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