Happy Thursday! Or as we have been calling it all day, Thur-Friday. It has been a week of finishing units so starting Monday we will have a fresh unit of study in math and English. We will also start our projects in IPC!
In math we finished our unit on Graphs. Students are familiar with pictographs, bar graphs, Venn diagrams, and Carroll diagrams. We took a short unit test and it looks that most students have a good understanding of what we covered. On Wednesday and Thursday we started looking at division. To get started we reviewed some very basic strategies to do basic division; equal groups, arrays, repeated subtraction, and using multiplication. Hopefully those students who are not strong in multiplication basic will feel equipped to tackle problems. Those who are proficient will find that doing division can get tricky with remainders and larger numbers!
In English we finished our unit of play scripts. Students worked hard with their groups to create an entertaining and coherent storyline in a short drama. We were all very amused with the performances! I am really happy with the level of collaboration and skill shown in this final project; good job everyone!
Everyone has been reading away in their groups; I am already seeing much more focus and attention on phonics and spelling.
For IPC we are finishing up the nuts and bolts of basic economics. We reviewed the concept of supply and demand and how availability and scarcity affect the price of goods and services. Starting next week we will start our Shark Tank Project planning, designing, researching, and pitching a product. It will be a lot of fun to see what everyone comes up with and how successfully they can pitch their ideas as young entrepreneurs.
I was not able to capture many photos this week, but enjoy the shots from IPC when students matched scenarios to instances of an increase or decrease in supply or demand.
I hope everyone enjoys the three day weekend and see you all Monday!
Mrs. Leah