In math we started talking about measurement today. Our discussion centered around two new vocabulary words: shortest and longest.
I had them organize (without my help) in a line from shortest to longest. And we talked about what made one person shorter than another, and a new vocab word showed up: compare. Then they each made their own worm out of paper. I then had them collaborate and figure out how to "graph" our worms from shortest to longest. You can see some of their thinking above: compare each others worms, some thought to compare on the floor was easiest, group into smallest worms, medium worms and large worms.
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So cool to see someone give a how-to a try! This student wrote about how to cook: how to make a caterpillar with grapes! The students closed their eyes and try to visualize the steps in their heads! They were so excited they wanted to try it at home! Plus we had some great follow up questions: What color grapes? Can we make a longer one? What about their eyes?
They had so much fun passing out their Valentine's and reading some of the compliments they got from their peers! I told them (and I hope you guys have some time this weekend) to sit down with mom and dad and really read through the cards. That they will really appreciate really 23 compliments and nice things about themselves.
I have to say, the whole time, I heard "Thank you." "That's so nice." "I can't wait to read these." as they were passing out! :) Melt my <3 Two kids got responses this week from their letters! One student got her Jr. Frosty after mom and dad saw her opinion! And McDonalds respond to a child's letter and sent her a free coupon for a dessert!! How exciting!
Today we took some data to see if we could whistle like a walrus! Below is a video of a famous walrus: E.T. and all the cool sounds he can make!
http://viewpure.com/OAVL61yeCYs?start=0&end=0 Our assessment for our data and graphing was quite a project! I am so proud of their learning, collaboration and perseverance throughout it! They had to:
1. Come up with a question to ask their peers. 2. Ask their peers the question. 3. Record data. 4. Represent the data in a graph (bar/picture/vertical/horizontal) 5. Tell me 2 things they learned from their data. Make sure you ask them about it! They were very proud of their work, as they should be! Today we continued our work with retellings. We used a familiar text: Piggie and Gerald. They worked in pairs and used our Retelling Rings to help guide them through their retelling!
We are going to study Walruses next! They were so curious about them after our polar bear study and wanted to know more about other arctic animals! We kicked off our study with a craft and some facts from Pebble Go!
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