St.Clare has become "Internet Famous!"
Throughout the first few weeks of school, our Grade 4 Extended Math class has been partaking in Youcubed's "Week of Inspirational Math" program. This program, designed by Stanford University and Professor Jo Boaler, pits students against challenging Math questions. The program is designed to assist students in fostering a better relationship with Math. Each day of the week corresponds to a video, which inspires students to try their best when it comes to Math problems. The follow-up to each video is a different Math activity where students collaborate to solve open-ended math problems. Our Grade 4 students have been asked to create and interpret graphs, follow a growing staircase pattern and explore proofs in Collatz Conjecture.
The grade 4 teachers (Mrs. Martinuzzi, Mrs. Marchant, and I) have all been furiously Tweeting student work using the hashtag #gr4cla. We have been tagging Professor Jo Boaler in all Tweets, gaining likes and retweets along the way. Last Wednesday, I (Ms. Starkey) received a personal Twitter message from Jo Boaler, asking to use photos of student work in the upcoming Youcubed newsletter. This newsletter is published worldwide for all Youcubians to see and this site recently reached over 2 million views! Mrs. Marchant and I responded immediately. Sure enough, the Youcubed newsletter was published with St Clare Catholic School student work photos. The students in Grade 4 became overnight "math celebrities."
The next day, Mrs. Marchant, Mrs. Martinuzzi, and I informed the students of this incredible honour. They were elated!
Ms.Starkey
Click here to view the newsletter sent out by Jo Boaler.
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