We will be posting our work throughout the year on these silhouettes, but feel free to come lift the work and check out these rocks stars!
Our math challenge this week was an intensive one. We asked the students in the Peacock and Narwhal classes to complete an estimation challenge today. The task was to compute how many of their own individual steps it would take to walk from Tacoma to Spokane. They also had to decide how long it would take to walk there. Using state maps, students had to compute how many miles it is. Some students went along the highways, while others went cross country. There were some students who computed about 300 miles, while others had 234. They also had to measure how long their steps were and then calculate the number of steps to get there. Last, students had to create a plan on how to time their walking (without walking an entire mile!). Our favorite question from the challenge? "Why are we walking to Spokane? Couldn't we just drive?" Always thinking of ways to get out of work! The good news? Everyone worked extremely hard and no one showed major frustration when things weren't working like they had thought!
Every Friday, I will be asking the students to write about their week and think about how to improve the following week. I will be including a sentence or two from each reflection journal each week. Here are some of their reflections from this week.
"I think I should change my writing."
"I got more dollars."
"I'm proud because I admitted my mistakes."
"I also am reading a longer book."
"I would like to work on better communication next week."
"I'm proud of getting back into the swing of things as quickly as I did."
"I wish I had acted differently."
"I am still in the homework club!"
"Some of my goals didn't go as well this week. I've already gotten in trouble this week."
"I am proud of finishing my whole timed test in 3:57."
"Next week, I need to work on my time test, and my spelling needs some practice."
"I want to work on being a lot calmer."
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