Riddles and Planning

Hello,

This morning the students shared their riddles with two classmates and they all took turns discussing and solving the problems. I was planning on posting some tonight, but I want to discuss some of our favourites in the morning and our reason for liking them, and then I will post the selections made by the class.

After solving the riddles, we had a discussion about the interior angles of polygons. We looked at the patterns we found regarding the angles and the number of sides.

Interior Angles of Polygons

Next, we looked at lines of symmetry and rotational symmetry. The students were asked to glue the definitions into their notebooks and to label the lines of symmetry on the shapes provided. They were also asked to indicate whether each of the three shapes had rotational symmetry. Finally, they were asked to complete the Venn diagram of the various shapes, indicating whether they were symmetrical, and/or had rotational symmetry.

For Language, the literature circle groups got together to plan and begin filming the trailers for their books. A reminder that the trailer does not need to feature a lot of shots of members of the group, the focus should be on promoting the content of the book.

A reminder to everyone to finish bumping up your answers for your EQAO reading response questions. Only a few of you asked me for the levelled responses for reference, but I will include the link in case you want to look at the examples we discussed in class.

Sample Responses for Overcome and Husky Team Reading Responses.

Have a good night.

Mr. Skinner