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| Fifth graders constructed meaning this morning with yard sticks and inch-wide tiles. This was a game in which a player spins a fraction, decimal, and percent spinner, then takes as many tiles as the spinner suggests. 1/4 is 9 tiles, because 1/4 of 36 is 9. How many tiles would a player get that spun 16.66%? |
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| Hillary taught a great lesson this afternoon on inner critic vs. inner coach. Students role-played different scenarios in which the critic and coach went back and forth discouraging and encouraging the character. |
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| After checking their spore prints this morning, students were able to identify their mushrooms with scientific and common names. |
Homework:
Inner critic/coach worksheet
Math
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In math club students mostly concentrated on a problem based on the popular carol, "The 12 Days of Christmas." You can download the problem here--it reflects U.S. costs for 2012 for the various gifts in the song. We were surprised by the cost and the number of total gifts! A few people worked on puzzles, and students learned a couple of interesting math magic tricks involving the magic numbers 143 and 429. We ended by watching the first half of Vi Hart's "The Gauss Christmath Special."
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