Monday was Talk Like a Pirate Day (internationally if you can believe). The fifth grade brought in this excitement to our learning on this day. In math, we solved multiple mathematics problems associated with pirates. In reading intervention, we read a sea poem and analyzed it. Later this week, on Tuesday and Wednesday, students will continue to capitalize on the excitement by doing experiments with surface area and density as they try to float the "booty" (fancy marbles) in aluminum boats they create. Feel free to ask your child how surface area impacts buoyancy on Thursday night (after our lab is finished Thursday).
