**UPDATE** Due to testing conflicts, the gathering that was originally scheduled for Friday is rescheduled for May 25th. We will be doing 15 minutes of extra recess this Friday. **UPDATE** Here is the solution to the End of Mod 4 Extra Credit problem. Hello! Here we are nearing the end of April! Students in Classes 1 and 2 are learning some neat facts about probability through hands-on experiments and exploring the difference between theoretical and experimental probability. They have discovered that even though the theoretical probability of landing a heads, for example, on a coin toss is 50%, you may not always get heads 50% of the time. The more trials you perform, the closer the experimental probability will be to the theoretical probability of 50%. Here's a link that provides further explanation. We've also explored probability through spinning spinners, flipping cups and drawing cubes out of a box. Students are doing a great job grasping these introductory concepts and next week we will dig a bit deeper into more complex topics related to probability and chance. Students will most likely be taking a quiz on Tuesday of this week. The quiz will cover topics from Lessons 1-3. Class 3 is continuing their discussion of percents, specifically using the formula Part = Percent * Whole. This equation is a very important one for students to become familiar with as they will be using it, in one form or another, throughout the rest of the module. Here is a video explaining this concept. Below is an example, similar to the ones we reviewed in Lessons 2 and 3: Problem: There are 12 girls in a class and these girls make up 40% of the total students. How many students are in the class in total ? Solution: Identify what is known and what you are solving for. Part = 12 Percent = 40% Whole = ? Whole = Part/% Whole = 12/0.4 Whole = 30 students There are 30 students total in the class. On Monday, Class 3 will be taking a quiz on converting between percents, decimals and fractions. I have placed a copy of the Lesson 1 Exit ticket answer key here. The quiz will be formatted similar to this. There are some great examples students can study from in Lesson 1. The triangle on page 84 in their notebooks is another excellent resource for students to use when converting between these three formats. Here is a video explaining some of these concepts. This week, homeroom students had a writing prompt for morning work asking them what they would like to be when they grow up. It was so interesting to hear all the diverse responses that I decided to include all my classes in answering this question and tie it into a "Math in Careers" hallway display. Check it out below! Reminders for this week:
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