Creativity Challenge - day one. SS created a drawing of a fun experience to share with their new fifth grade friends. The challenge was to incorporate the red dots into their drawing. Creative kids! #DCSday1 GRE

Starting the year of math with #growthmindset messages and tasks that encourage thinking about math visually and flexibly like this task called Squares to Stairs - How do you see the pattern growing? Here are three ways my 5th graders saw growth. GRE

What does 1/10, 1/00, 1/1000 of a 5th grader’s height really look like? We used objects in the CR to show these values. Just how long a distance is 10x, 100x and 1000x the height of a 5th grader? We’ve discovering these values in our math workshop these last two weeks. GRE

“Be willing to do courageous things for kids” - Dr. Hoadley #DCSDay1

Making new friends in 5th grade. Getting to know our classmates. #DCSDay1 GRE

Math is visual! These 5th graders are seeing numbers in so many different ways and finding a variety of patterns. Thinking deeply and asking WHY does it work? We love math! Abraham Depp Elementary

Mistakes are powerful! “When you make a mistake and struggle your brain grows” #Joboaler We celebrated our mistakes and successes in One Cut Geometry Abraham Depp Elementary

Just how small is 1/10? If the whole unit is YOU, what objects can represent 1/10, 1/100, and 1/1000 of YOU? Lots of great math thinking about powers of ten. #mathematicalmindset Abraham Depp Elementary

5th graders deriving the formula for the area of a triangle. Proving it by making it into a parallelogram and then cutting it up to see they have two identical triangles! #mathisvisual Abraham Depp Elementary

After investigating 1/10, 1/100, 1/1000 of a “Unit You” we went outside and discovered the distances that represent 10x, and 100x a “Unit You” We tried to imagine how far we’d have to walk to show 1000 times a “Unit You!” Abraham Depp Elementary #mindsetmathematics #joboaler

5th grade mathematicians shared the many different ways to find the area of the shaded region. We can think flexibly and critique the reasoning of others.Abraham Depp Elementary

These 5th grade architects are designing a giant geometry city. They are putting to work their skills in calculating areas of triangles, trapezoids, parallelograms and composite shapes. Stay tuned...volume & surface are coming soon! Abraham Depp Elementary

I love that kids can collaborate in small groups with Google Meet Breakout Rooms!! 4th & 5th graders worked together to find combinations to locks in a digital breakout box. They used Jamboard to share ideas@adeDCSD #breakoutedu

5th grade mathematicians hard at work comparing fractions in multiple ways Abraham Depp Elementary #openmiddle

Sierpinski triangle tetrahedron. A great way to investigate surface area of 3D shapes. How big can we make the tetrahedron? Lets get more 5th graders to help!!! Abraham Depp Elementary

Codenames over Google Meet was a big hit!!! These 4th and 5th graders are awesome thinkers and collaborative teammates!! Abraham Depp Elementary

Back in Oct we learned how to find the area of polygons by building a 2D city we called “Geometrocity.” This week we started investigating nets and surface area by “building up” our buildings in Geometrocity! Abraham Depp Elementary

In anticipation of joining our AM and PM math classes together, and to get to know one another a little bit before Monday, we met over Google Meet to play a game of math Mastermind! Looking forward having them all in! Abraham Depp Elementary

4th and 5th graders showcased their cardboard arcade & amusement park today at Depp. Innovative and creative ideas made for a fun time for all visitors! Abraham Depp Elementary

To honor past, present, and future Veterans on this day of remembrance, 4th and 5th graders planted our own “Flanders Field” using a variety of materials. Creative minds at work! Abraham Depp Elementary