Cerrito Creek

Oregon Trail families hit the trail today, having to decide whether to fill up water at the crowded watering hole in Independence or move on to their first campsite. It turned out that the Independence watering hole had cholera in it. The following photos show group's debating what to do. Pros and cons lists, votes, and consensus were all put into action.

I was so impressed with the earnest effort Cerrito students made to ask serious, intellectual questions and stay respectful during puberty education. Ms. Devine is divine.

Homework:

• Bound for Oregon reading groups assignment (read pages 53 to 63 and do your job)
• Finish your journal entry from today (pen, in cursive). Remember, you are describing Independence, talking about the decision you had to make, and writing about the outcome.
• Math (download in the toolbar above)

From Sima:
We celebrated "Pi Day" in Math Club today with circle problems and ollalieberry pie, even though Pi Day is actually on Thursday, March 14 (3.14).  Students measured the diameter and circumference of many round objects, looking for patterns, and found that the circumference was a little more than 3 times the diameter--a key to why the mysterious number Pi is so important.  Other students pulled apart a pizza problem, figuring out how much to charge for differently sized pizzas and slices given the cost of a small pizza and its area in square inches.  Next math club on March 26.