And the Math Challenge Champs are ...
Primary - Sam in Ms. Dickens' class
Intermediate - Andrew in Ms. Colando's class
Primary - Sam in Ms. Dickens' class
Intermediate - Andrew in Ms. Colando's class
And the Classroom winners are:
Primary - Ms. Meck ... by a landslide!!!
Intermediate - Ms. Goldman ... by one! (sorry Ms. Colando's class)
The "Onlys" for this challenge were:
Graham in Ms. Huffman's class (K)
Jonah in Ms. Thibault's class (2)
Samara in Ms. Shaw's class (2)
Lucca in Mr. Liner's class (3)
Well done my friends and a big high five to everyone who participated!!!
Primary - Ms. Meck ... by a landslide!!!
Intermediate - Ms. Goldman ... by one! (sorry Ms. Colando's class)
The "Onlys" for this challenge were:
Graham in Ms. Huffman's class (K)
Jonah in Ms. Thibault's class (2)
Samara in Ms. Shaw's class (2)
Lucca in Mr. Liner's class (3)
Well done my friends and a big high five to everyone who participated!!!
The theme for Challenge #6 was Area and Perimeter. This is a math topic that I can actually understand but in an effort to save time, I "volunteered" my 10th grader and his friend to find the answers for Levels C & D for me. Since they are both in advanced math, in High School, I figured this would be an easy task ... I was wrong. The boys barely made it past the first question on each level. I gave them the excuse that they were overthinking the problems - ha! So for those of you who worked on Levels C & D, give yourselves a big pat on the back because you out performed two 10th graders!!
I'd like to share some Intermediate entries with you:
I'd like to share some Intermediate entries with you:
I've mentioned before that these challenges are meant for students to work collaboratively: either together, with their teacher, or with family members. That being said, I always get a good chuckle out of the honesty that is shared on the challenges. Check out these examples from Scout and Penny:
And now for some Primary entries:
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Last month I wrote a post titled The Old and the New_.
Here are a few examples of how the students' "new" thinking did not align with my "old" thinking:
Here are a few examples of how the students' "new" thinking did not align with my "old" thinking:
Intermediate examples of "new" thinking:
Andrew (his challenge is at the top) chose to create an enclosure for the Unicorns with angled corners. Again, not something I would have expected, but very creative!
For the challenge involving buying sod for both myself and Ms. Cooper, not a single student solved it the way I did, AND many of them recognized that they could find the total cost of Ms. Cooper's sod by multiplying one of my orders by 10 (as seen in both Mary and Kohana's work above). It took me awhile to figure out what they were doing - but they were right!
Andrew (his challenge is at the top) chose to create an enclosure for the Unicorns with angled corners. Again, not something I would have expected, but very creative!
For the challenge involving buying sod for both myself and Ms. Cooper, not a single student solved it the way I did, AND many of them recognized that they could find the total cost of Ms. Cooper's sod by multiplying one of my orders by 10 (as seen in both Mary and Kohana's work above). It took me awhile to figure out what they were doing - but they were right!
So once again THANK YOU to all who worked on this last Math Challenge. It is always a pleasure to look through everyone's entries!
Math Challenge #7 is ready to go and is due in 2 weeks - Happy Mathing!
-Ms. Francisco
Math Challenge #7 is ready to go and is due in 2 weeks - Happy Mathing!
-Ms. Francisco