5th Grade Math: packet
No additional homework: We checked in about the home projects today. Students should use tonight to work on or plan their projects further or plan, make lists etc.
Math Club: 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.
Puberty Ed Day 2: Today Ms. Divine's class focused on changes that happen for males. She answered questions students had written from yesterday, and collected more questions at the end of class. Ms. Divine has a way of introducing and explaining facts that might normally make kids squirm, but the Strawberry students are doing great as seen in their high interest and focus.
