4th grade students used playing cards to help review for their multi-digit multiplication quiz by competing to see who could put together an expression that would give them the greatest product!

4th grade students were working hard on their Freckle assignments on Multiplying Multi-Digit numbers!  This week they learned 3 different strategies and they were allowed to use whichever strategy helped them best. 

Jogathon was a success; my minions looked great!  

 

We came in and worked on some fall themed logic and math puzzles to spend the rest of our time.  We had a great day!

4th graders were given a new mystery part to add to their electrical system.  It took them a little longer to get them to work, but once they did, they realized they were buzzers that created sound energy. Some students went even further and go their fans AND their buzzers to work at the same time. 

Students working hard on their Climate Types assignment in 107! 

In 4th grade science, students used a simulation to create electrical systems. I think their favorite part was powering the ball launcher to launch the ball off the page, but this simulation will help students understand how electrical systems work and don't work depending on what is part of the system. 

In 5th grade math today, we created "To Go" boxes to practice finding the surface area of objects.  First, students sketched a 3D image, then a net.  Then they put their ideas onto graph paper to make sure it worked.  Finally, they created their To Go containers with construction paper. Oh, and of course they had to find the surface area of their container :)  Students had fun, learned a lot, and were able to get creative.  

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Today in Science, 5th grade students finished up their Local Weather Exploration by calculating the seasonal data of precipitation and temperature for Chicago.  Students created Climographs and displayed the data in both bar graph and line graph formats on the same scale, really extending their knowledge of reading and creating graphs. 

Students got some new flexible seating options today in Math and Science!  Now it's more comfortable to sit on the rug and do work.  Thanks DonorsChoose!

4th grade students sorted expressions that matched how to find the volume of various rectangular prisms.  I snuck a few expressions in there that wouldn't work to try and trick them, but they were too clever and figured it out pretty quickly, making a "does not fit" category :)