Honor your Teacher!

Hey there! Hi there! Ho there!

You have a chance to honor your regular 4th, 5th, or 6th grade classroom teacher. Or if you have a brother or sister in another grade level - you can do that, too!

The challenge is - you need to do this in just six words. That's right! Get ready to write a 6 word essay - that describes your teacher. "Daily pushes me to the limit!" That would work, right? "Always teaches exactly what I need!" Of course, you can't use mine - that would be 'kidnapping my words'! (What's the word for that? Right - that's plagiarism)

So, create a six word essay for your teacher by following the directions here! (Click on the word here!) Then read the directions on the Department of Education Website about how to honor your teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week.


Carpe Diem!
Mrs. Walters

(It's a simple survey - but it takes an e-mail address - so you may have to have your parents help you with this!)

Pi Pizazz!

How many Pieces of Pi?

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Wow!

Power Up with Pentominoes!

OK, so you're on a quest!  You know what that is, right?  If not, you should look it up - because you are on a quest.  Your mission (and yes, you will choose to accept it) is to complete the Pentomino Puzzle.  You already know how many pentominoes there are, right?  Yes, yes, you do.  So, the next challenge is to put those ___ pieces together into some amazing shapes. 

1) Create a 6 X 10 square block rectangle using all of the shapes. What is the area of your creation?  What is the perimeter?

2) You can make enlargements of each pentomino that will be 3 times the height and width of the original piece. (Note to self: How many squares would that be?)  Each will contain or occupy 45 squares, the equivalent of 9 pieces.   Make enlargements of F, I, L, N, P, T, U, V, W, Y, and Z using 9 pentominoes for each but leaving out the shape in questions - that is the shape you're trying to create.

3) A 5 X 13 rectangle has 65 squares, which is five more than those occupied by the full set of pentominoes.  Let’s try to arrange the five block gap to be in the shape of a pentomino, an absent friend.   For example, in a 5 x 13 rectangle can you leave a gap in the shape of the F as centrally located as possible?  What about each of the other shapes?

4)  Need some online practice with pentominoes?  Click here to try some online challenges!

Challenger 2012

Today is the day!  You will be working onsite at Shelburn Elementary while your teammates are in Mission Control or in the Spacecraft on our Mission to the Moon.  Your initial tasks for the day are listed below:

1) Create 3 questions for each of the 8 Moon Mission jobs.

2) Take turns asking your questions about the different jobs via Facetime with Olivia and Hannah.  You should choose only one job at a time. Be sure to take notes as you hear the answers so that you can record carefully in your news article. Then, write your article about that job.  When you have completed an article,  you can begin Facetime again when it is available.  You may need to rotate or share questions.

3) You can begin writing your articles for each of the Mission Team positions. Be sure your articles are informative and interesting.  Add pictures for additional detail.  Be sure to save your efforts from time to time with a unique file name.

Independent Time on Task and Attention to Detail are the skills for the day.  You might be called away from this task to help a student in their efforts at the Challenger Center.  Thanks for being flexible.

Carpe Diem!
Mrs. Walters