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Smart Girls, Smart Actions
Thinker question: What is one way you use math in your daily life?
Ms. Jenni Reads
Operation SMART (Science, Math, & Relevant Technology) will add a special emphasis on literacy across the science and math curriculum this semester at Operation SMART to help support the GIRLStart literacy program efforts in the Girls Inc. centers.
Patterns at Op SMART
Ariyah explains her pattern to her teacher:
A-BB-B-A-A-AA-CC… – Ariyah
About Me at Op SMART
Measuring
Cherish measures her knee to her ankle, her fist, and her wrist with string.
Magnifying Things
Everything is bigger! – Jayleesha
Hands on Math at Op SMART
I like the rubber band exercise because you can make shapes on it. – Jada
Math at Operation S.M.A.R.T.
We learned algebra. – Myeisha
Freaked out by clowns?
Fatuma and Hindi aren’t. Thanks to Cristina Castro-Matukewicz at Wells Fargo – they LOVED the Shrine Circus.
Happy B-day Dr. Seuss!
Yesterday the girls read And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street. Today they’ll work on their own books – To Think that I Saw it on Girls Inc. Avenue.
Classroom dialogue:
Jahnni – A horse pulls the first cart but a zebra pulls the second one.
Ms. Mara – We started with…what? That’s right. A horse and a wagon. Now we have…?
Nevaeh – An elephant!
Azure – Giraffes!
Jahnni – A genie!
Ms. Mara – A Raja. Can eveyone say raja? Now there’s a band in the wagon and…
Azure – and a farmer wants to hear the band.
Ms. Mara – Do you think your parents would believe you if you told them you saw all of this?
All of the girls – No!!!
