Goodbye Ladybugs! It has been fun observing our ladybugs, but since they emerged from their pupa's weeks ago, it was time to set them free. Halloween Estimating and Polygraph Desmos Game: Identifying 3D Figures We explored 3D shapes throughout the week, and ended the week by playing a game similar to Guess Who involving 3D shapes. The interactive program on Desmos partnered students up and then they had to ask questions to guess their partners shapes. This involved using attributes and math vocabulary specific to geometry. There was so much excitement in the room as mathematicians tried to eliminate shapes. On Halloween, we practiced our estimating skills with Halloween images of party favors and candy. I took photos of packaged items at Target and the kiddos had to estimate how many were in the package. There were also a few problems involving finding a fraction of the package. Great spiral review! Our First Book Club Meetings Our book clubs are off and running! We met with our groups last week to share thinking and questions from the first chapter. As students read the first chapter, they recorded what they know and wonder on a chart in their notebook. We did this as a class with the book Stone Fox. By creating the chart, it helps the kiddos slow down and pay attention to the characters, setting, and other important details that are often revealed at the beginning of a chapter book. I'm so excited to hear all the great discussion about their books in the next few weeks! Skeleton Clues Game As part of spiral review for math, we Halloween/Fall themed problems to earn skeleton bones. The kiddos didn't know why there were earning bones-it was a secret. On Halloween, I hid the skeleton parts and gave groups clues to find their bag. When all the groups found their bags, they opened them up and were surprised to find skeleton bone cookies. Everyone had fun building their skeleton, and of course eating the bones. (Our friends from Mrs. Lipe's class were not part of the game as we did it after recess, not during math.) I did give them all a cookie though-just didn't have enough cookie bones to make that many complete skeletons. I had to buy 4 packages of cookies just to make 6 full skeletons.
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |