We were very lucky to have Leanna Kelher join our class for 3 sessions. Students learned about the 7 teachings through storytelling, acting and play.
Thursday, 10 November 2016
Bat research
We have completed our research on bats! We are going to be starting our own research projects on a Manitoba animal this week!
Problem solving
Today we had to "show what we know" about problem solving. We know that we always read a problem 3 times:
1) We read the problem to find out what it is about.
2) We read it again to look for important information.
3) We read it a third time to think about: what is the problem asking me to find out?
We also know how important it is to show our thinking and a clear and organized way. We add a sentence at the end that says what our answer is. We have explored the strategies: draw a picture, act it out, make a table, and to use an array.... and there is more learning to come!
Counting seeds
Today we opened up our pumpkins and sorted the goop and seeds. We then needed an organized way to found the seeds, so once again we used ten frames. We then compared our results to see which pumpkin had the most, least, and if any had the same amount.
Area-the space an object takes up
So far during our pumpkin math exploration we have learned about estimation (an estimate is a thinking guess), height, and weight. Today we are measuring the "foot print" of our pumpkin (otherwise known as the area). First we made an estimate. Then, we traced our pumpkin's foot print, and we covered it with blocks. We needed an organized way to count the blocks, so we used 10 frames and counted by 10's! After we had some fun building towers! 😊
Patterns all around!
We have been learning about patterns! We learned that patterns are all around us and they always repeat themselves (core). We learned how to create, extend and label 2 and 3 part patterns.
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