This week, my 3rd graders learned all about variables, expressions, and equations. They even figured out how to work backwards using inverse operations to solve for variables. One class learned how we can use algebra to play number tricks on people. I'm excited to see if anyone figures out the math behind the number trick I did in class!
In 4th grade, we built our robots and discussed how robots have a brain and a body just like humans do. We also started to learn how the programming component works. Next week, we will get our first programming challenge: getting the robot to move straight.
The 5th graders are zooming through our lessons on turning circles of evaluation into racket code. We've been learning about functions and have been entering code into wescheme in order to see what our functions evaluate to. I'm really impressed with everyone's ability to keep up with our fast pace. By the end of this unit, we're going to turn into professional programmers!
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