Monday, December 20, 2010

Explorations in Math

Today during math time we explored  surface area and how to use a pan balance. Students estimated how many index cards it would take the cover one of our tables. Then, they estimated how many pieces of standard copy paper it would take to cover the surface area of the table. We have some excellent estimators in our room! We discovered it takes 19 pieces of paper to cover our tables...we will answer the question of how many index cards tomorrow. Mr. Carter lead the group in an exploration of pan balances, where students had another opportunity to hone their estimation skills. At the other two stations--Roll-a-Reindeer addition fact practice with dice and math games on the computer. Fun!

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