The AIMS Math Review packet that came home on Thursday, April 5 is what we're affectionately calling "The Honker" because it's pretty big! :) It is comprised of the reteach worksheets for each of the lessons the students said on their self-assessments this week that they needed extra help with. It also includes a few extras lessons that we struggled with as we've gone through our program this year. I've gone over each page and added notes to many that show other ideas and ways to solve that we've discussed in class.
PLEASE NOTE: The pages are SHORT, and this will be their ONLY homework for next week, as we're reviewing and playing practice games all week in class.
Also, this packet is OPTIONAL, but I have not told the students this. I want them to use their HW time next week reading through the examples and practicing the things that they need help on. If they're comfortable after a few practice problems of a lesson, please don't push them to do more as "busy work". I simply want to re-expose them to anything that they need extra help on. If I can see that the student made an effort at practicing their needed lessons, then they will receive a full credit effort grade for math. A reasonable expectation would be to review and complete/attempt 5 pages a day, with the packet due on Monday, April 16th- the day we begin AIMS. I want them to have every possible minute to review and get extra comfortable with everything that they are not yet feeling confident in.
As always, thank you for all of your help and support. We're working hard!
Monday, April 9, 2012
Penny War!
Student Council is hosting the Cambridge Academy Penny War this week! This is a fabulous fundraiser that will help us pay for end of the year activities for our students. Here's how it works:
"Each classroom will have a plastic gallon jug outside their classroom to hold the coins. Students in each room want to put pennies in their own container. However, students from other classrooms will want to put silver coins into other rooms' containers. The goal for each class is to have a larger total with pennies than of silver coins. When the Penny War is over, the money will be counted. The total for each room will be the total dollar amount of pennies MINUS the total dollar amount of silver coins. The class with the most money left after subtracting all the silver coins will win an ice cream sandwich party."
Our class had a "War Council" this morning to discuss how we plan to win... the students came up with the following ideas:
***Each student saves all of the pennies that they collect as individuals at home until Thursday or Friday morning and then put them all in at once when we get to school those days.
***Plan to do the same with the silver coins too... save them up at home and come before school Friday morning and "sabotage" the other classrooms' collection jars. We will have "spies" going around all week paying attention to who has the most pennies so that we can "attack" on Friday morning. That way, they have no time to "fight back" against us. :)
Please participate and help us WIN the Penny War!
"Each classroom will have a plastic gallon jug outside their classroom to hold the coins. Students in each room want to put pennies in their own container. However, students from other classrooms will want to put silver coins into other rooms' containers. The goal for each class is to have a larger total with pennies than of silver coins. When the Penny War is over, the money will be counted. The total for each room will be the total dollar amount of pennies MINUS the total dollar amount of silver coins. The class with the most money left after subtracting all the silver coins will win an ice cream sandwich party."
Our class had a "War Council" this morning to discuss how we plan to win... the students came up with the following ideas:
***Each student saves all of the pennies that they collect as individuals at home until Thursday or Friday morning and then put them all in at once when we get to school those days.
***Plan to do the same with the silver coins too... save them up at home and come before school Friday morning and "sabotage" the other classrooms' collection jars. We will have "spies" going around all week paying attention to who has the most pennies so that we can "attack" on Friday morning. That way, they have no time to "fight back" against us. :)
Please participate and help us WIN the Penny War!
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