Math Update Week of 4/2-4/6

Welcome back 5V Math Families. I hope your spring break was nice.

Here's what we'll be up to this week in 5V Math:

Regular Math:

We are finishing up unit 8 which is review unit on fractions. We'll pick up right where we left off and study briefly review strategies for multiplying fractions and deep concepts like why products are decreased when multiplying by fractions and what it means to multiply by fractions. There will be a test next Monday or Tuesday on the concepts.

Accel Math:

We kick off unit 8 with studying proportions and rates. The first two days of this will allow students to determine who the most efficient and productive running back in the NFL was this season. They'll have to use rate and proportion strategies to solve this. We have some real neat calorie and meal math studies this week as well.

Real Life Math:

Both groups of regular and accel math will be finishing the 2012 5V Math Race Tournament. We have runners competing in the final 4 this week.

In addition, both groups are going to be outside using a strategy to determine how many blades of grass our soccer field in the back has. Yes, it's possible! Teams will develop strategies to solve this.

Finally, students in regular and accel math will study more fuel economy this week and learn how to determine fuel costs per gallon and how to calculate the price of fuel based on the fuel gauge. The kids in accel have covered some of this already but we have plenty more for them!