Pi Day!

March 14: Pi Day!  I considered several activities for the students.  In the end, it worked best to have the students make "piems" (poems for pi day)!  The number of letters in each of the consecutive words of the poem had to follow the digits of pi.  3.1415...  The students wrote their piems on round plates and decorated them as they wished. We also had a "digits of pi" contest.  After a week of practice, the winner knew 52 digits without an error.  (Not even close to the world record holder!)

Here are some of the student examples (not all are correct):

• Can I have a large milkshake an’ eleven Cokes plz?
• It’s a fact:  A human is extremely stupid about Xbox.
• Hey!  I want a candy.  Delicious or creamy candy.  Bye!
• Can I have a piece?  Pineapple or Banana, Mango and Peach. Mmmmmmmm!  Smoothies? 
• All I know, I didn’t determine (establish) or decide fate.
• It’s a fact:  I never remembers to listen while math class!
• Can I have a panda?  Beautiful it always looks!  Yes!
• Can I have a husky, Clarrissa?  Is having pretty dogs tough?
• May I bake a tasty, delicious pi before Jared can steal?  Everyone chocolate?
• Can I have a fresh container of coffee and Pepsi?
• May I have a piece, Jacqueline, of cookie?  Thank you.
• It’s a bird!  O great, beautiful, so pretty thing.  You great creature!
• Hey, I love U!  You’re wonderful to every1.
• Can I have a puppy?  Christmas is around.  Santa can bring Precious.  Christmas Holiday.  Beautiful day to get Precious.
• Hey, I want a pizza, Esmeralda.  So please leave the pizza.
• Wow, I have a funny alligator.  It cannot laugh, tho.
• Hey, I love U 4ever!  Beautiful as candys!
• Hey, I cook a great spaghetti to Adison today, two times.
• Hey, I have a large container of orange roses.
• May U pass a large container, ur purple alien guy thing occupied beautiful flowers.
• All I want, a lover unwilling to forget about our dates…
• May I have a large container to string lions for being numerous?
• Can I have a candy, delicious.  It tastes yummy.  Its yummy delicacy, delicious.  Amazing Delicious!  It’s so yum.
• Pie:  I love a great delicious pi, except apple pie.
• Hey, I want a pizza:  delicious!
• Can I love a thing, something so dreamy, maybe sleeping?
• How I hate a sleep interrupt on calmly large bed using foolishy reasoning!
• How I love to swear, eternally, my family today.  And great kindness expressed towards ourselves.  Fun we see together.
• How I love a city’s glamorous or lovely views.  The light reflects buildings, sunsets enlighten and as the mornings come, bright as lights like our new firework.
• You, I said, a grand adventure… It awaits.  Lives are never ordinary existence without brilliant end…
• How I hate a weird muffin-man.
• Can I have a great chocolate in London today?
• Can I play a piano Saturdays or travel Earth the great?
• How I love a sport, waterpolo.  In freezy water.  The water, swimming, wonderful whistle.  Whistling how, on the children keep saying me, amazed when you are shouting.