Monday, April 11th--
Happy Monday! I hope that you had an amazing weekend! Is there anything that you would like to share today?
As we start another week together, the math fun will continue! First up is a celebration of National Cinnamon Crescent Day. The recipe for today is Stuffed Cinnamon Crescent Rolls. Are you a fan? What percentage of 6-2 students will enjoy this particular food item? Let's check it out!
Next up is National Pet Day. Let's check out some world records related to pets....which is your favorite?
After that, we will chat about the Boston Celtics. Now that the 2021-22 season is complete, it is on to the playoffs for this team...
As always, fact practice, number lines, fractions, decimals, percentages, rates, ratios, expressions, equations, estimation, and more!
Have an awesome day!
Tuesday, April 12th--
Happy Tuesday! I hope that you are having an amazing week so far!
Today, it is all about licorice as we celebrate National Licorice Day. First up is a recipe for Licorice Ice Cream. Are you a fan? What percentage of 6-2 students will enjoy this item? How does it compare to some of the other recipes that we have explored this year?
Speaking of Licorice, Matt Stonie likes to eat Licorice….We will watch him eat a 3.5 pound barrel of red vine Licorice. Can you predict how long it will take him to finish the tub? Without looking ahead, how many vines are there in the container? How many calories does he eat?
We will also check out Liquorice allsorts. These are assorted liquorice confectionery sold as a mixture. Made of liquorice, sugar, coconut, aniseed jelly, fruit flavourings, and gelatine, that were first produced in England...Let's chat about volume and surface area....
If there is extra time, let's have some pricing fun as well!
As always, fact practice, number lines, fractions, decimals, percentages, rates, ratios, expressions, equations, estimation, and more!
Have an awesome day!
Wednesday, April 13th--
Happy Wednesday! I hope that you are having an awesome week!
Let's begin by celebrating National Peach Cobbler Day. Are you a fan? Can you work with the recipe? What percentage of 6-2 students will enjoy this particular food item?
Next up is Scrabble. In 1933, Alfred Mosher Butts invented scrabble. A word game, the object of Scrabble is to score more points than one's opponent. A player collects points by placing words on the game board. Each letter has a different point value, so the strategy becomes to play words with high scoring letter combinations.
This made me think about the frequency of letters in the English language. The letter "E" is the most popular, with a frequency of approximately 12.7%. The second most popular letter is "T", with a frequency of nearly 9.3%. Together, these letters have a combined frequency of 22%. 22% is what as a fraction? What are some letters with the lowest frequency?
What is a unique and fun word that starts with the first letter of your first name...Example: Russ, rannygazoo (which means foolish nonsense)
World records to follow....snapping pencils, extinguishing candles with a hair whip...
Maybe even some pricing fun too.
As always, fact practice, number lines, fractions, decimals, percentages, rates, ratios, expressions, equations, estimation, and more!
Have an awesome day!
Thursday, April 14th--
Happy Thursday! I hope that you are having an amazing week so far!
Today, we will celebrate National Pecan Day...The recipe for today is Chocolate Covered Condensed Milk Pecan Balls....Are you a fan? What percentage of 6-2 students will enjoy this particular food item? How does it compare to some of the other items that we have chatted about this year?
Today, April 14th, is also Dolphin Day. We will chat about the swimming speed of a bottlenose dolphin to celebrate....
Next, we will chat about Peeps...Did you know that Matt Stonie once ate 255 Peeps in 5 minutes? Once handmade, Peeps have been mass produced since 1953. For fun, we will visit the Peeps factory and see how these treats are made...we will also chat about nutritional information, unit price, and more.
Maybe even some pricing fun too.
As always, fact practice, number lines, fractions, decimals, percentages, rates, ratios, expressions, equations, estimation, and more!
Have an awesome day!
Friday, April 15th--
Happy Friday! Make it a great end to the week!
Today, we will celebrate the banana a little early...(the actual banana day is next week, on April 20th)...to start, we will learn how to make no bake banana peanut butter cookies. A 4 ingredient recipe, are you a fan? What percentage of 6-2 students will enjoy this particular food item?
Next up is a record for snapping bananas in half. With a time limit of 1 minute, how many will be snapped?
Matt Stonie and Furious Pete also enjoy bananas....which eating record is more impressive.
Did you know that one medium sized banana has 89 calories?
Maybe even some pricing fun too.
As always, fact practice, number lines, fractions, decimals, percentages, rates, ratios, expressions, equations, estimation, and more!
Have an awesome day!