Learning About Mass

 We began learning about mass today.  We created a class chart to help use see the relationship between grams and kilograms.  We each copied is chart to make a cheat sheet for ourselves for later use.

In pairs, we worked on a problem of our choosing to see how a farmer could divide up a tub of apples.  The type of problem that we did is called a parallel task.  Here were the choices:

(Sorry for the funny colour: our data projector acts up sometimes.)

When we done we looked at the different ways we can solve a problem like this.  We saw how using adding, subtracting, multiplication and division all can help us.  We also talked about the importance of writing the unit after each unit of measure.

Ms. Pike :)