We found two ways to make math delicious!

Take a look at this jar. Can you estimate how many candies are in it? What’s your strategy for figuring this out? Discuss your plan and be prepared to make your estimate this week!

This week we extended our graphing skills with Skittles! We each graphed our own Skittles package and used math language to analyze the data. Yum!

Can you try this at home and use the following math words to describe your graph? Here are some examples.

• Most (Most of the candies are red)
• Least (I have the least number of purple candies)
• More ….more than… (I have more yellow candies than green. How many more yellow candies than green?)
• Less (I have less purple candies than green).
• Equal (There are equal numbers of yellow and blue candies.)
• Total (How many candies in total?)

The primary cohort was inspired by our intermediate class, and wanted to try creating silly self portraits too. They did a fantastic job persevering, being funny and creative. Can you find your child’s silly portrait?

This week we picked up our pumpkins and did many fun activities. We measured the circumference and weight. We also did a pumpkin poem and learned how to draw a 3 dimensional pumpkin!

Last Thursday, the intermediates attended the Writer’s Festival, and listened to David A. Robertson speak about writing the last book in his six-part series called “The Misewa Saga”.

After, they all had the chance to meet him and ask him questions. Here is part of the Q&A:

Class: How do you become a writer?
Author: Two words….. You begin. You just need to start writing.

Class: Do you ever want to stop writing even though you are part way through a book?
Author: Yes, sometimes I get stuck and don’t want to write, but I always keep going. I never give up, and I never quit. (David A. Robertson clearly has a “Growth Mindset” like us!) Even when things are hard we lean into the challenge and we keep going.

Class: What tips would you give us to be better writers?
Author: Read, read and continue to read as many books as you can. Great writers read many, many books.

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