First off this week, I want to thank the 5th grade math students who joined me (and the parents who allowed them to joins me) at the Mighty Math Minds Tournament. The kids did a great job representing Werner. They worked hard, behaved well, and performed amazing. I was most impressed at the teamwork the kids exhibited. Those students who were a part of the fun were: Haleigh G, Ashton S, Joseph F, Sofia L, and Cameron C Megan J, Brennan S, Baden T, Rachel C, and Evan L Charlotte G, Andy P, Peter G, Holly D, and Jackson G I took a bunch of photos of all of the deep thinking that went on last night. Click on the photos page to see more. http://traceybean.weebly.com/photos.html While 3rd grade and 4th grade math students were PARCC testing a majority of the week, 5th grade math students were working hard on our last unit of the year focused on ratios, rates and proportions. We have been having fun with activities called "Three Acts." These are a series of three videos that require the students to look for math and make connections as we watch three different videos that together tell the whole story. We have solved problems related to ratios of ingredients in recipes, rates of jumps for world record jump roping, and scaling ratios for paint mixing. Today we explored the idea of using unit rate (rate per 1 item) to solve a challenge. Students were asked to assess a carnival poster advertising ticket sales to find the mistake (if you analyze the prices you realize that there is no consistent ticket price and that strangely buying the largest amount of tickets costs the most per ticket.) After we explored the given poster, the students were asked to remake the poster in a way that would encourage people to buy more tickets. Below are a couple examples of students' work, as well as the original poster. This week I had a chance to check in with all of the GT students on Monday on their progress towards their affective goals. Students reflected on their individual goals and shared how they felt their year went. They answered questions about where they felt growth and where they felt they needed continued work. You'll be getting copies of these reflections, as well as the updated ALP (Advance Learning Plan) with teacher comments in the coming weeks. Academic goal reflections will be included too. Goal areas were: 3rd Grade - Peer Relationships 4th Grade - Study Skills & Organization 5th Grade - Healthy Risk Taking
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Renee
5/7/2015 04:47:43 pm
Mrs. Bean, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for keeping us updated and posting pictures! I enjoy looking at the creative work you do along with the pictures. I also enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane through the old pictures, especially as our kids get ready to move on to middle school. You are a true treasure!
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