ScienceStudents started researching their first astronomy artifact this week. A whole host of topics were selected. Studying famous astronauts, the moons of Jupiter, and how exoplanets are discovered are a few of the topics selected. Over the next week students are going to be focusing on research. In class this week we talked about how to evaluate online materials. The main methods we'll be using is called the CRAAP test. The test focuses on students looking at the currency, relevance, authority, accuracy and purpose of a website. Student have also been asked to find a print resource to use for their research. Please take some time this weekend to help them find a book on their topic. Next week I would like to ask students to spend some time researching without their computers. It will be much easier for them if they had a book to use during that time period. Below is an image showing the process we are working through to complete each artifact. This week we worked on brainstorming and research. Each group has their own self assigned due dates for each stage. If you haven't done so take some time to ask your child what their due dates are. Every group is planning to finish their first artifact on April 26th. MathMonday: To get back into the swing of things after spring break we worked on our books for the entire class period. Tuesday: We completed Word Problem #20 as a group. Here's the problem. This problem is challenging because students might assume that Lisa gave Ann 3/8 of her hair clips. Which might mess up their model. Here's the solution. Wednesday: Book Check Thursday: Game Day. For game day this week I introduced two new games for students to play. The first being the classic Tetris for the original Gameboy. Tetris is a great game for teaching kids how to solve problems under stress. As well as spacial awareness as they try and figure out how to arrange the pieces. The deck building game Star Realms was also introduced this week. While playing Star Realms we have conversations about probability, quick mental math, and managing multiple sets of numbers in your head. Friday: Number Talk #8 This talk focused on using the abstract image above as a tool to talk about how we group numbers to find a sum. There are multiple ways to count the dots using addition, subtraction and multiplication.
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