Students share strategies for how they solve the problems and learn new ways to do so. Participating students received a certificate and top scorers received a medal. Students in grade 3 are also learning some pre-algebra concepts. First graders have learned about pre-algebraic concepts including representation involving interpreting pictographs and making tables and tallies and variables using function machines and mystery numbers. I brought a giant thank you card signed by the students along with 2 RB coffee mugs to owners Mr. and Mrs. Elders as a token of our appreciation.
Chess is a great way to learn logical thinking and spatial reasoning.
Students learned some of techniques that world chess champion Garry Kasporov has used by replaying one of his games. Fifth grader Brenden Sullivan's winning design can be seen on the t-shirts. Students are currently competing in tournament at the school. So far, second grader Jimmy Wenska is the only student who has figured out the answer to this chess math problem. This is a national computerized test of students knowledge about World and American History, Government, Recent Events, Geography, Literature, English, Math, Biology, Physical Science, Earth Science, Health and Psychology, Fine Arts and even Useless Trivia.