Monday, January 10th--
Happy Monday! Welcome back! I hope that you had an amazing weekend and that you are rested and ready to go for this week! Did you enjoy the Remote Learning Day on Friday?
Today, the holiday fun will continue. The food item for today is Coconut Apricot Balls in celebration of Apricot Day which was on January 9th. Are you a fan? Can you work with the recipe?
Monday means sports. We will discuss the Patriots game from yesterday afternoon as their playoff matchup is now all set.
Saturday January 8th marked the celebration of World Typing Day. Did you know that there was an ultimate typing championship in August of 2020? At the end of the contest, a new Ultimate Typing Champion was crowned. Anthony Ermolin was the winner, taking home a $5,000 first prize. We will check it out and chat.
Distributive Property, Tape Diagrams, Algebraic Puzzles, fractions, decimals, percentages, estimation, positive and negative numbers, and more!
Have an awesome day!
Tuesday, January 11th--
Happy Tuesday! I hope that NWEA testing went well for you. Today, we will begin our celebration of milk, which is celebrated each January 11th...the food item is Hot Vanilla Milk. Are you a fan?
With the extra time, we will check out some Pricing Games...Hole In One, maybe talk about String Cheese, and more.
Distributive Property, Number Lines, Tape Diagrams, Algebraic Puzzles, fractions, decimals, percentages, estimation, positive and negative numbers, and more!
Have an awesome day!
Wednesday, January 12th--
Happy Wednesday! I hope that your week is going well! Today, we celebrate the Glazed Doughnut. Did you know that Americans consume 10 billion doughnuts each year? How many would that be per day? The recipe for today is Baked Glazed Doughnuts. Are you a fan? Can you work with the recipe?
Speaking of Doughnuts, Matt Stonie enjoys Krispy Kreme doughnuts. How long will it take him to eat a dozen of them? Nutritionally, what is that even like?
Back to milk...let's check out some milk drinking records along with a truly unique milk record!
Maybe even some world record fun!
Fact practice, Distributive Property, Number Lines, Tape Diagrams, Algebraic Puzzles, fractions, decimals, percentages, estimation, positive and negative numbers, and more!
Thursday, January 13th--
Happy Thursday! Let's make it another great day! Today, we celebrate Peach Melba. A classic dessert, peach melba is a dish of peaches served with vanilla ice cream, raspberries, and sauce. Are you a fan of Peach Melba Shortbread Bars? Can you work with the recipe? We will find out.
National Sticker Day and National Rubber Ducky Day as well today. We will check out the largest sticker ball and the largest rubber ducky....also, we will meet a person with a large collection of rubber ducks....
Maybe some world record fun as well...
Fact practice, Distributive Property, Number Lines, Tape Diagrams, Algebraic Puzzles, fractions, decimals, percentages, estimation, positive and negative numbers, and more!
Have an awesome day!
Friday, January 14th--
Happy Friday! I hope that you had another great week. As we approach the upcoming weekend, is there anything that you would to share today.
January 15th marks the celebration of National Strawberry Ice Cream Day. Let's find out how to make Strawberry Shortcake Pops. Are you a fan? Can you work with the recipe? Speaking of Strawberries, lets learn about the largest scoop of ice cream and lets check out the Strawberry Shortcake eating championship from 2019.
January 15th is also Hat Day? Did you know that 26% of Americans claim to never wear hats? If there was a group of 200 people, how many would that be? How about 500 people? Speaking of hats, let's check out the world's tallest hat....
World records, pricing fun, fact practice, Distributive Property, Number Lines, Tape Diagrams, Algebraic Puzzles, fractions, decimals, percentages, estimation, positive and negative numbers, and more!
Have an awesome day!