Fraction Finishers and E-Mail Usage

The last two weeks in the classroom have been very busy, which is why it has taken me so long to post.  In math we have finished up our unit on fractions.  The class made fraction kites.  The kids were given a 5 x 5 grid and were able to color it any way they chose, as long as they used at least 3 different colors.  While this was fun to color in our kites, it was definitely more than that.  The class had to look at their individual kite that they colored and then write which fraction of their kite was each color.  Take a look at our wall of lovely kites!

For the final finishing touches on our fraction unit, we were able to enjoy a fruit pizza.  Earlier in the week during our English Language Arts centers we had read an informative text of a recipe for Fruit Pizza.  After reading about it in centers and identifying fractions within the recipe itself, we had a chance to cut our own fruit pizza into equal parts.  

After we divided into equal parts so that everyone in class got a piece, each student was able to decorate their slice of fruit pizza with whatever toppings they wanted.  Before students could eat their fruit pizza, they had to answer a fraction question that was similar to, "What fraction of your toppings are bananas (or other fruit)?"  You can see the yummy results of fruit pizza.

 

 

Also, many of the students have been requesting the recipe for fruit pizza.  Here it is:

Fruit Pizza

Dough:

1 roll of Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough

Frosting:

1 Cup of sugar

8 oz. of cream cheese

8 oz. Cool Whip

1 can of crushed pineapple (drained)

Toppings:

Mandarin oranges

Kiwi

Banana

Strawberries

Blue berries

Grapes

1.        Roll out the Pillsbury Sugar Cookie dough onto a pizza pan.  Bake dough according to package directions.

2.       Mix all of the ingredients for the frosting together.  Spread over the rolled out cookie dough.

3.       Top with fruit pieces.

This last Friday for our STEAM Friday, we had a lesson on how to read your e-mail, send e-mail, and clear out any unwanted e-mails.  The students had to clear out their old e-mails and then send me an e-mail telling me about their favorite part of the day.  (Most of the e-mails mentioned something about fruit pizza.)  After the students were done with their e-mail jobs, they were able to go to our class Symbaloo site.  Here they are able to quickly click on a link that is approved by me or is one that we use in class at various times.  The link to our class symbaloo page is here.  The items circled on this picture were where the students were able to go and explore on their own this last week.  Using this web mix we had some students doing coding online, while others were working on their typing skills, and still others were playing educational games.

It has been a good couple of weeks for the Busy Bees!