Celebrate & Remember

On Friday, May 1st, Mann School will have a $1 Crazy Hair Day and a Bake Sale on the school blacktop after school to support Covenant House, an organization that serves underprivileged and homeless children around the world.

The Crazy Hair Day and Bake Sale will be to celebrate and remember Dr. Jinger Hoop, mother of Luis Daniel, a fourth grader in our class. Dr. Hoop was a superb psychiatrist, generous teacher, loving mother, wife and friend to many. All funds from the events will be donated to Covenant House in her memory. Please click HERE to read more about Jinger's charity and to donate online.

Thank you in advance for helping us celebrate Dr. Jinger Hoop's life with your family's participation and kindly supporting a Mann family.

A Math Problem Gone Viral...

Today, we spent word problem Wednesday tackling a word problem from Singapore that went viral.  It seems unsolvable at first glance, but with logic, it is very solvable.  Here is the problem!

And....  Here is the much awaited solution! Enjoy!

Math Word Problem Gallery Walk

To practice our multi-step word problem skills as they relate to fractions, we had a gallery walk. I wrote five real-world word problems all about the fourth grade teachers (I included a link to the document in case you want to try all the problems as extra practice for our math test on Monday 4/20)  Each child was assigned one of the five problems to complete individually. After all students had a chance to work their problem, they got together with the other students who had their same problem. From there they had to figure out which solution was best and make a poster to display their thinking. Then they did a "gallery walk" to see the results of all the problems with one group member staying put at the poster to explain the solution. Gallery walks are a great way to get students out of their seats and moving around the classroom. They also teach the kids learn from their peers and how to cooperate with others in problem solving.