October 4th Class

During class today we looked at the math journals. We all picked a journal and had time to skim through it and see if we found anything that caught our attention. I thought these journals were great, they are jammed packed with information and wonderful teaching ideas. One activity that stood out to me was a November activity were students had to calculate the size of a turkey they would need for Thanksgiving dinner. They used the general rule of how much turkey an individual would eat (I can’t remember what it is now) then figure out the size of turkey needed, also taking into account if your family wanted leftovers or if certain members would eat more or less than the general amount. The math journal provided a worksheet students could use as a guide along with a great information for the teacher to use to help you guide students. I thought this activity was pretty cool because most parents don’t know what size a turkey they need to feed all of their family and it would be a great feeling for students to be able to teach their parents how to correctly calculate the right size turkey. (They would be talking about how they came up with the answer all through dinner!)