A few things from last week...

I am falling behind in my posting...
Here are some updates on what we have been working on lately.


Math - We have been studying patterns (les suites). We started with shapes and patterns that have a motif (part that repeats), and we finished by looking at patterns in numbers that continue to increase. We learned about some old mathematicians, including Blaise Pascal (he was French!) and his triangle, and Fibonacci and his number pattern and how we find it in nature. 


Students repeating pattern



Student increasing pattern

We looked at flowers, pinecones and cauliflowers and saw the spirals that show Fibonacci's numbers.

We began our unit on les formes today.

Social studies - We have been discussing communities and interdependence. Our project from last week was to work in our groups and create a map of a community and all of the places we would find in a community.