Weekly Newsletter

Geometry

August 24, 2018

This week as a class, we discussed classroom procedures and expectations. We also created specific, measurable, and realistic individual goals for math class this school year. We finished the week with a team bonding activity which included the students being put into groups of 2-3. Their task was to build the tallest free standing structure using 20 spaghetti sticks, 1 yard of string, 1 yard of tape, and one marshmallow. Here are some pictures of some designs.

August 31, 2018

This week we jumped into an exploratory investigation where students were creating their own bumper-car floor plans. The investigation had students formulate a general equation to find the area and perimeter of any rectangle. We used square tiles to build different bumper car floor plans to promote concrete learning.