Puzzles and Brainteasers, Set 3 It was a bit tough to get up for
work this morning, but I did spend the two-week break well by
relaxing and spending time with Mandy. It was nice to see my
students' smiley faces, they are adorable, especially my 6th
graders. They asked me what I did over the break, if I went
anywhere, and if I watched the Rose Bowl last night. Of course I
watched the Rose Bowl, silly — Oregon Ducks beat Wisconsin
Badgers 45-38!! One student said that he was happy to return to
school because he was bored at home. My 8th grade geometry
class, however, moaned and groaned about the below PS: Area of
Quadrilateral that was due today. (They had three weeks to work
on it!) It just makes me happy to learn that they struggle with
a problem because I got them to think! I haven't graded them
yet, so I don't know how the class did. But I will go over it
with them in class tomorrow. Area of Quadrilateral In the figure
show below, if the area of triangle BCF is 6 square units, the
area of triangle BDF is 3