Using Scales to Complete a Scale/Weight Matching Activity We worked in groups to match various images of scales to the weight in ounces and in pounds. It was challenging, but most groups were successful! Estimating and Weighing Objects using Pounds and Ounces Students found objects around the room and estimated the weight of the object in ounces or pounds. They had to determine the best scale to use before finding the actual weight. Lots of fun and super engaging...they didn't want to stop! Comparing Ounces to Fluid Ounces We watched a short video of a Coca Cola being poured into a scale that measures weight and wondered why the can said 16oz but the scale read 18oz after the Coke was added. Then we examined various objects to see if the label said ounces or fluid ounces to gain an understanding of the difference between these concepts. We sorted the times and discovered that the items labeled fluid ounces could all be poured. Book Clubs! We are sooo loving our book clubs! Students chose their top book choices and were then grouped by books. Each group wrote their norms, started reading their books, and conducted their first meeting where they discussed their thinking that they recorded while reading. Measuring Capacity As part of a 3 Act Task, students compared cups, pints, quarts, and gallons after predicting how much water there would be in a gallon milk carton filled with ice. As you can tell, it was a lot of fun pouring water. Ecosystem Game We played an ecosystem game to gain an understanding of how living organisms affect an ecosystem. In the game, the panthers, (students), had to hunt for prey, (pictures of predators that panthers eat). In the first round, all the animals were thriving, but in the second round there was a drought. The panthers didn't find as much and a few panthers perished. In the next round, there was an infestation of insects that damaged plants in the ecosystem so there was even less food. More panthers perished. In the last round, humans cleared the land for a farm and buildings there was less space and less food. I didn't think to get pictures until the last minute. I posted one on Class Dojo that I took with my phone, but this is the only picture I captured on my school camera. Finding the Mystery Volume to Measure Capacity We estimated and predicted how many half-cups it would take to equal the mystery volume. Then we had to estimate the right level of a container of a given amount of cups and then measure to see if our estimates were close. Ecosystem Game
We played a game where the armadillo population increased or decreased depending on various event in the ecosystem. Great way to use vocabulary!
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |