You've Heard of Bedtime Stories, Now Try Bedtime Math!

Students have a new app on their iPads called Bedtime Math.  Every day there is a short article and picture about a topic kids are interested in (animals, weird things, cool things someone made, sports, and more!). You just read the paragraph with your kids and then click a button for a math question.  There are 3 levels of questions and after you talk with your child and they try to solve it, just click the answer button.

Here's an article about prairie dogs.

This is a question at the middle level from a different article.

This is not something you need to do every night (but you could since there is a new article every day!) But if you are looking for a way to talk about math at home, this is a nice tool.  I hope you find it useful, educational, and fun!

Cardboard Creations!

On Friday students across Cannon showed what they can do with a bunch of cardboard boxes.  In our class we had Ryan's robot, Jovan's racetrack, Ava Grace's cash register, Yelysey's elephant book shelf, Carson's weight lifting equipment, and Landon's rocket!  We went on a gallery walk around the school and saw many other cool creations by students in other classes.  It is always great to see how many very different ideas the kids can come up with!  Thanks to all of those who participated!  Your creations will be on display in November in the Cardboard Museum at our Family STEM Night.  (Then you can take them home.)