These two classes of students also took our Snow Clothes Challenge. The are fast (and cute)!
First, from Fruit Cove, Florida:
And then from Ontario, Canada:
Any other challengers out there?
Month: January 2014
Which One Has the Largest Area?
Earlier this week, we measured area with playing cards. Today we used Unifix Cubes. Now, we’re experts!
Moments From Our Week
As past of our senses studies, the children tried “reading” Braille to see what it is like to loose your sense of sight.
Playing “Guess My Number” with friends from our own classroom instead of someone far away.
And reading our new book from the TD Bank and the Children’s book Centre.
Our First Challenger
Ms. DeGroot’s class in Spirit Lake, Iowa is our first snow clothes challenger!
Checking Out the Big Camera
Global TV was in our classroom for a few minutes this morning. Before they left, they gave the students a chance to see what their big, fancy camera could do.
Capacity
Capacity is just one more form of measurement that we are learning. Ms Lirenman’s class in Surrey, B.C. helped us to practice estimating which container had the largest capacity. Sometimes it was hard to guess which would hold the most, but we are getting better! Check out the students’ blogs to see a video about how each of them knows which container holds more.
Snow Clothes Challenge 2014
Since the snow began to fall, we have been trying to get faster at putting on our snow clothes. We are now so speedy that we are putting out this challenge to others to see how fast they can be.
How fast are you? Make a video to show us! If it is public, we’ll post it on our blog.
Using Our Senses
Without our sense of sight, we had to rely on our other senses to figure out what items we were holding. Lots of fun!
Guess My Number
Our class is playing a game of Guess My Number with a class in Milan, Italy. Because we can’t use Skype (they are finished school for the day before we start), we are asking questions and answering them on Twitter. If you are on Twitter, can watch our game by searching for the hashtag #guessmynumber.
We are getting better at asking “fat” or “juicy” questions that help us to cross off several numbers at once.
Making Connections with Books
One of the skills we have been working on is making connections. (Not just the virtual kind!) The students make a connection (or find a similarity) between what they have heard or read in a book and an event, feeling, character etc. in their own lives.
Recently we read the book The Berenstain Bears and the Sitter. The students all felt some kind of connection to this book and have shared this connection with you through a picture and recording on their blog.