Thursday, January 30, 2014
Snowflake Art with Sarah
We read a story called Snowflake Bentley. This was about a man who took photographs of snowflakes with a special camera. We made our own unique snowflakes using wooden sticks and glued them onto paper. Then we rolled ink over them with a brayer and made a print!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Math Journals
Our journals are all about problem solving. Students are motivated to think through the parts of the question.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Math Number and Problem of the Day
For the past couple of weeks, we have been doing math number and problem of the day together. We first do it as a group on the smartboard then the students record it in their math notebooks.
To explain, the number of the day is a 2-digit number. Students have to tell me different ways to make the number. We might give answers such as even or odd, printing the number word, using coins to make that amount, drawing ten frames, using base ten blocks, using tally marks, or writing the numbers that come before and after.
Then there is a word problem for the students to work through. They have to find the number sentence and answer. Then answer the word problem in a complete sentence.
Starting next week, the students will be asked to do this on their own.
To explain, the number of the day is a 2-digit number. Students have to tell me different ways to make the number. We might give answers such as even or odd, printing the number word, using coins to make that amount, drawing ten frames, using base ten blocks, using tally marks, or writing the numbers that come before and after.
Then there is a word problem for the students to work through. They have to find the number sentence and answer. Then answer the word problem in a complete sentence.
Starting next week, the students will be asked to do this on their own.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Estimating
We are working on estimating. First, we take a guess on how many items there are just by looking at the whole group. Then we make a group of two or five or ten and decide if we want to change our estimate now that we see what that many look like. Each time we count out a group, we can change our estimate. We are getting much better at estimating using referents!
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Brain Breaks
When the students have been working hard, they often need a brain break before we move onto something else. We use many different things to do this, but lately we started using some youtube videos to get us up and moving!
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