Math, Movies & Money!
11/9/2017
Though the night was draining and not always easy, the Star Wars Hero's Journey Movie Night event was a great success! The Fourth Grade students ended up coming away from the night with a $21 profit and a lot of stories to tell! Though not everything went as smoothly as planned (and many issues arose that hadn't been planned for), the fourth grade decided that they would like to try an Empire Strikes Back Movie Night after the Thanksgiving Break in November (with some adjustments to the schedule and planning). The students decided to put the money they made into a classroom pot and apply it toward the next movie night. This week, the students also took a look at numbers in Fourth Grade Math, where students worked in teams to put together ratio tables. A ratio table is a structured list of equivalent (or equal value) ratios that helps people to understand the relationship between a ratio and a numbers (see the photos below). Fourth Grade Math worked with numbers as high as 72, starting with 1 (For example, 1 x 72.) and working their way up to, in some cases, 30! (For example, 30 x 72.) Finally, this week saw the Fourth Graders working on one math puzzle, per day, at each of our Morning Questions. The students were challenged to solve various puzzles by working together. In the video below, you can watch them as they work to whittle away at one puzzle! As you can see, the Fourth Graders really seem to get into it... sometimes so much so that they're late for Morning Meeting! EMERGENCY RECESS!(Because when it snows you just have to have one!) HUSH HUSH & ON THE QTPNA is looking for green beans!
Pacific Northern Academy is gathering green beans to take to the Thanksgiving Blessing this Sunday, November 19th. PNA is also looking for volunteers, so if you can go, please let the staff know! Comments are closed.
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Martina HenkeMartina Henke has been a K-8 educator for 30+ years. A life-long learner, she loves working with kids of all ages, new technology, great books, fiber arts, and her wonderful family! Archives
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