ALERT students at Conder participated in a virtual lesson by Dr. Greg Tang. Dr. Tang is a the author of many children's books about math and also the author of entire sets of mathematics curriculum that are used in many school across the country. We use many of his puzzles and problems for our regular math instruction. Students worked on several shape activities to determine if a new picture of a different type of shape would get them to change their mind about an answer to a question they had already answered. They had to look back at their previous work to figure out whether the new shape was one they had already considered as part of the answer. We also worked on our first official Minecraft build treehouse assignment. They have had about 30 minutes to work so far, we will pick this up again next week.
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Conder students were BUSY this Friday! 4th graders solved math puzzles and equations where they were given numbers and an answer, but no mathematical operations. They had to work to figure out which operational symbol needed to go in each blank space. The 5th graders started a build in Minecraft a few weeks ago, 4th grade decided to add a glass house above the 5th grade house and connect it with stairs. This is a work in progress, they usually get about 10-15 minutes a week on it if they manage to finish their math early. Everyone did an experiment on the strength of arches in architecture. There are a lot of pictures below in the slideshow. Students began to think of a variety of creative ways to fold their papers to make them stronger and hold more weight. I gave them big pieces of construction paper to see how much they could hold. As you can see below they managed to hold some impressive objects including books and a purse. |
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